Talk:Hull Blitz

Extraneous Information?
I note sentence referring to last V1 and V2 attacks, in Kent and Hertfordshire, opposite corner of England to Hull. Ought that to be edited? There is ample coverage (later in article) on Hull's only V1 attack which is relevant.Cloptonson (talk) 21:32, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

V1 attack

 * The only V1 bomb to hit Hull was at 05.45 on Sunday, 24 December 1944. A special unit of Heinkel He 111 H-22 was assembled in June 1944 at an airfield in Northern Germany. It was formed to carry V1s or Buzz Bombs as they were called, thus adding 400 miles to their 150-mile range, then being able to bomb northern industrial targets without having to risk precious manned aircraft over land. The unit was operational from July 1944 to January 1945 & launched 1,176 V1s during this period with a failure rate of 40 percent. On this Christmas Eve, between 05:00 and 06:00, forty-five Heinkels of the special unit called Rumpelkammer launched its attack from some 40 miles off the east coast between Skegness and Mablethorpe. Thirty-one V1s crossed the coast targeted at Manchester, but most went astray, three landing in East Yorkshire. They include one that fell in a field just outside of Hull in Willerby west of the Springhead Waterworks at 05.45, damage was done to property in Hull on Willerby Road, Springhead Avenue & Mayland Avenue. The only damage being to windows and roofs, from blast. The Springhead pumping station was also damaged. The event was an untimely one from the point of view of the householders who had to patch up their property in time for Christmas but help was on hand as the Home Guard helped with clearing up and workmen did first aid repairs and canteen workers provided hot drinks. It took more than six months to repair the damage caused by the 'Buzz Bomb'. Another V1 landed at Barmby Moor near RAF Pocklington at 05:50, damaging a Halifax Bomber, this must have been the one seen passing over Withernsea and a third landed at South Cliffe west of Hull at 06:00.


 * a. Too much unrelated detail
 * b. Needs a (reliable) source - I couldn't find anything about this - a source needed for the damage to springhead.

Comment Apologies, but I am a little dubious, if a V1 had landed on Springhead I think I would have never stopped hearing/telling that story over the last many decades.. This is news to me.Prof.Haddock (talk) 01:59, 26 June 2014 (UTC)


 * The paragraph seems to have been liften wholesale from here. Nick Cooper (talk) 09:58, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
 * It might be the other way round - this old version http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hull_Blitz&oldid=554882199 dates from 2012, but the other website says 2013. There's quite a few webpages that contain the text of this page edited in one form or an other.83.100.174.82 (talk) 13:21, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Having checked Doodlebugs and Rockets (Bob Ogley, 1992), it does detail a mass air-launched attack on 24 December 1944 aimed at Manchester. It confirms 50 V1s launched between Skegness and Mablethorpe, of which 19 crashed or went astray immediately. Of the remaining 31, three landed in East Yorkshire, specifically Pocklington (05:50), South Cliffe (05:45), and Willerby (05:45). The incident is briefly mentioned in A North-East Coast Town, but with little detail. Nick Cooper (talk) 22:20, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks - Willerby is will likely be the reference to Springhead - it's technically outside the Hulll boundaries, but worth mentioning. With that info I've found a possible source of info "Flying bombs over the Pennines : the story of the V-1 attack aimed at Manchester on December 24th 1944" by Peter J C Smith (1988)
 * Probably should be in another article. I'll add a note to this one.Prof.Haddock (talk) 02:14, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * It's notable that the icnident isn't included in the main table at the back of A North-East Coast Town, which is specifically stated as being for attacks within the City boundary, even though some outside are mentioned elsewhere in the book. Nick Cooper (talk) 10:10, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Fixed now.Prof.Haddock (talk) 02:25, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

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