Help with research? Can anyone assist?

[Staffordshire Researcher]

Originally Posted by Nick Beale

Getting lost was practically standard procedure for night bombers and yes, crews did report their inability to find the main target and that they had bombed something else instead. The Ju 88 could carry HE and incendiary bombs in whatever combination was considered right for the mission.

Whether these were lead crews would depend on what time bombing commenced in Birmingham.

That's interesting thanks Nick!

Some of my research today may have changed everything though. It appears that Manchester took a heavier beating than Birmingham on the 12th March 41!! Is Manchester mentioned for that date in any of the German records that you have access to (or do they only mention Brum and Stoke?), if so couuld you give me a steer as to which units might have hit Manchester? This is a much more likely source of strays than Birm as Manchester bound bombers would pass virtually straight over Leek!