Where the bombs fell during the war in London/SE

[vince]

http://bombsight.org/#9/51.4532/0.2980

 

Very chilling when you zoom right out and can see the scale of the bombing.

[View From The Top]

Soton.

 

http://blog.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/2010/11/mapping-the-southampton-blitz-70-years-on/

[Saint Mikey]

http://bombsight.org/#9/51.4532/0.2980

 

Very chilling when you zoom right out and can see the scale of the bombing.

 

Bet Berlin & Dresden look worse...

[Spudders]

Very chilling when you zoom right out and can see the scale of the bombing.

 

Bet Berlin & Dresden look worse...

 

I was surprised how less chilling it looks when you zoom in. Most streets only show one or two bombs in each street, which isn't the mass flatening of streets I'd have expected. I assume there were a lot more bombs than shown on the map though?

[Tokyo-Saint]

Looks like one dropped right on top of my house.

[RonManager]

Looks like one dropped right on top of my house.

Best check the loft.

[Lets B Avenue]

Doesnt include the ones that fell on Saunders Roe (now Fords, Wide Lane) where they assembled planes. My father had his first job there after leaving school and too young to serve. He was injured in a bombing raid that killed several people and he was lucky in that he and a mate were sat in a fitted cockpit, (presumably pis sing about) when the factory roof caved in.

[RonManager]

Doesnt include the ones that fell on Saunders Roe (now Fords, Wide Lane) where they assembled planes. My father had his first job there after leaving school and too young to serve. He was injured in a bombing raid that killed several people and he was lucky in that he and a mate were sat in a fitted cockpit, (presumably pis sing about) when the factory roof caved in.

Was that within the timeframe of the map?

[Lets B Avenue]

Was that within the timeframe of the map?

 

Pardon my ignorance, Ron. But I havent got a feckin clue what you are on about.

 

I remember my Dad telling me about this (he's been dead 7 years now) so I looked to see if the bombing had been recorded. Maybe not, as it was outside the City boundary.

[RonManager]

Pardon my ignorance, Ron. But I havent got a feckin clue what you are on about.

 

I remember my Dad telling me about this (he's been dead 7 years now) so I looked to see if the bombing had been recorded. Maybe not, as it was outside the City boundary.

The map only shows hits between 7th October 1940 until 6th June 1941, that period which we all know as the Blitz.

 

If it's not there then maybe it's worth letting them know.

[Lets B Avenue]

The map only shows hits between 7th October 1940 until 6th June 1941, that period which we all know as the Blitz.

 

If it's not there then maybe it's worth letting them know.

 

Not sure of the date. He would have been 15 in May 1940. Were we bombed before Oct or was that when it all started. battle of britain etc.?

[Window Cleaner]

Doesnt include the ones that fell on Saunders Roe (now Fords, Wide Lane) where they assembled planes. My father had his first job there after leaving school and too young to serve. He was injured in a bombing raid that killed several people and he was lucky in that he and a mate were sat in a fitted cockpit, (presumably pis sing about) when the factory roof caved in.

 

Ford's factory in Wide Lane used to be Cunliffe Owen where they repaired Halifaxs and produced Spitfire parts during the war (my mum worked there when she was about 14) Didn't know Saunders Roe was situated anywhere other than the IOW.

Edited 7 December, 2012 by Window Cleaner

[RonManager]

Not sure of the date. He would have been 15 in May 1940. Were we bombed before Oct or was that when it all started. battle of britain etc.?

First bomb fell on London on 25th August 1940.

http://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/first-city-bomb-in-ww2

 

The first major raid was on September 7th, hitting the docks east of Tower Bridge.

 

 

Not quite sure why the map hits start on 7th October, unless it's a typo.

[Lets B Avenue]

Ford's factory in Wide Lane used to be Cunliffe Owen where they repaired Halifaxs and produced Spitfire parts during the war (my mum worked there when she was about 14) Didn't know Saunders Roe was situated anywhere other than the IOW.

 

You are welcome to argue that with my 95 year old mother. Good luck with that one. All part of the then airfield.