Bomb map of London during the Blitz

[speedbird591]

Every bomb that landed on London during the blitz of 1940/41 was recorded and the statistics were kept at the National Archives. It's now available online as a digital map.

http://bombsight.org/#13/51.4915/-0.1061

Ian

[DaveB]

That page doesn't display correctly for me in IE8. Still.. an amazing bit of kit

I noted the warning that they take no responsibility for the accuracy of information meaning a bomb that fell 'there' may not have actually fell 'there' but hey, who cares. It's gotta be close enough
ATB
DaveB

[speedbird591]

I noted the warning that they take no responsibility for the accuracy of information meaning a bomb that fell 'there' may not have actually fell 'there' but hey, who cares. It's gotta be close enough

It doesn't matter so much now. It probably mattered more at the time, especially if you were underneath one

Sorry about the link, I picked it up on the iPad so haven't checked it on a PC browser. I'll see if I can find a better link later on.

EDIT: If you've visited my Bomber Command website you may have heard this WWII recording taken from the receiving end of an air raid. It's only 2.5 mins but quite terrifying.

Air Raid

Ian

[GHD]

Zoomed out, it looks like a cranberry field at harvest time

[Garry Russell]

Terrifying when you see the size of the area...no where to run, just hole up, hide and hope for the best.

[Tomliner]

Jeez!,perhaps the apologists for the Allies response should take a look at this. EricT

[dodger]

Hi Ian,

Some great photos on that site taken in the various boroughs,

Funny enough the Memsahib and i were only talking yesterday about when we were youngsters after the war and as i was born in 1941 in Kent and do not remember that much about it i do remember playing with those Gas Masks and getting the green crystals out of the large round bases of them, i suppose we thought they were like Diamonds!!!

Thanks for the link.

Roger.

[FlyTexas]

Horrifying stuff. London really took a pasting didn't she. I think of the Blitz every time our tornado sirens sound when a tornado is in the area.

Brian

[Vancouver]

I wonder the accuracy. I used to live on land which was once Hornchurch aerodrome. According to the map no bombs dropped there at all which I find hard to believe.

[Paul K]

Every bomb that landed on London during the blitz of 1940/41 was recorded and the statistics were kept at the National Archives. It's now available online as a digital map.

http://bombsight.org/#13/51.4915/-0.1061

Ian

I get error 404 with that link.