Luftwaffe Raid On London December 28th/29th 1940 Help Needed Please.

[Boomerang]

Hello Chris:

Digging around, I found a very old book called The Blitz, by Constantine Fitz Gibbon, which dates from 1959.

Anyway, this states that KGr 100 used X beams and that : '...The map prepared for the night's operation showed that the beams were intended to intersect roughly over Picadilly Circus. In fact....unloaded its marker bombs some two miles further to the east, in the neighbourhood of St Paul's Cathedral.'

The book also states that a further contributing factor to the enormity of the fire was that many buildings were locked and deserted on a Sunday evening at the end of Christmas week, allowing incendaries to set fires without any intervention.

In response, in January 1941 the British Govt introduced regulations giving effect to a compulsory 'fire-watching' scheme, which effectively moved civil defence from a voluntary to a compulsory basis.

Cheers

Don (Boomerang)

or book battle of britain the forgotten months, john foreman.it mentions it at back,,totterham court road .etc it was no terror raid, but a normal raid helped by the fresh winds gales blowin helped,increased the fires,it was the worst by far since sept 40,the one in may 41, it was around early mid may 41,
i dont have book present, aka"libiararys,,,check google,
gary,,,,,battle britain fan,and luftwaffe fan.

on google londons blitz 1941..put), may 10th and 11th may 41 heaverist last, apart from the one in 1944.6 nights,,sorry ,about lack of intrest on blitz as bombers were not my fav, planes,.my dad was in the blitz,coventry was one his BIRTHDAY 15TH NOV 40.WHAT A NIGHT AIR RAID SIRENS AT 11PM,BUT HELL, IT WAS,,NEVER STOPED HERE HE TELLS ME,JUST,NOW, ANTI AIRCRAFT FIRE BOOMBOOM whistlin bombs SEARCH LIGHTS,,ALL NIGHT NO SLEEP.AND SCHOOL WAS OUT,....HOPE IT HELPS GARY.

[Boomerang]

Heaviest raids of the entire Blitz on London took place in the Spring of 1941:

• April 16/17, 'The Wednesday' bomber sorties = 685, dropped 890 tonnes of H.E. + 4,200 canisters of incendaries, more than 1,000 killed
• April 19/20, 'The Saturday', bomber sorties = 712, dropped 1,026 tonnes of H.E. + 4,252 canisters of incendaries
• May 10/11, bomber sorties = 507, dropped 711 tonnes of H.E. + 2,393 canisters of incendaries

Source = The Blitz, Constantine Fitz Gibbon

Don (Boomerang)

[Chris A.]

Originally Posted by dora9forever

on google londons blitz 1941..put), may 10th and 11th may 41 heaverist last, apart from the one in 1944.6 nights,,sorry ,about lack of intrest on blitz as bombers were not my fav, planes,.my dad was in the blitz,coventry was one his BIRTHDAY 15TH NOV 40.WHAT A NIGHT AIR RAID SIRENS AT 11PM,BUT HELL, IT WAS,,NEVER STOPED HERE HE TELLS ME,JUST,NOW, ANTI AIRCRAFT FIRE BOOMBOOM whistlin bombs SEARCH LIGHTS,,ALL NIGHT NO SLEEP.AND SCHOOL WAS OUT,....HOPE IT HELPS GARY.

Hi Gary

Thanks for your messages. All of these details help, and another book to hunt down. Helps to keep me occupied and less time for jobs around the house!

Regards

Chris.

[Chris A.]

Originally Posted by Boomerang

Hello Chris:

Digging around, I found a very old book called The Blitz, by Constantine Fitz Gibbon, which dates from 1959.

Anyway, this states that KGr 100 used X beams and that : '...The map prepared for the night's operation showed that the beams were intended to intersect roughly over Picadilly Circus. In fact....unloaded its marker bombs some two miles further to the east, in the neighbourhood of St Paul's Cathedral.'

The book also states that a further contributing factor to the enormity of the fire was that many buildings were locked and deserted on a Sunday evening at the end of Christmas week, allowing incendaries to set fires without any intervention.

In response, in January 1941 the British Govt introduced regulations giving effect to a compulsory 'fire-watching' scheme, which effectively moved civil defence from a voluntary to a compulsory basis.

Cheers

Don (Boomerang)

Hi Don

Thanks very much for the info. It certainly was most probably the quietest time for the City of London being just after Christmas.

Regards

Chris.

Originally Posted by Chris A.

Hi Don

Thanks very much for the info. It certainly was most probably the quietest time for the City of London being just after Christmas.

Regards

Chris.

xmas time both sides agreed no war. but after 26th,well.war goes on,
and yes there was a programme on ch4 ,but the title ,tryin to find out,
now,gary