It was on 5 January 1941

5th January, 1941. At about 10.30am an enemy raider dived from clouds to drop a number of bombs on the outskirts of Norwich. They fell on Eaton Golf Course and the City of Norwich School playing fields but did no material damage. The Unthank Road district was afterwards machine-gunned but the only result was a number of smashed tiles and windows.

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Posted By: Old Git on March 28th 2025 at 14:16:24

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some pretty decent precision bombing going on here... (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 28, 12:57:54
- St Augustine’s (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 28, 23:35:32
- Top bombing (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Mar 28, 16:55:29
- Colmans show some action (General Chat) - Elmham Yellow, Mar 28, 16:12:54
- They haven't yet mapped on the ones on the Cathedral (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 28, 14:27:11
  - shoulda dug up the tank in the playground (n/m) (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Mar 28, 14:28:24
- my dad says he remembers the one on Union street (General Chat) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Mar 28, 13:28:22
- That’s a lot more than I’d have thought they dropped! (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Mar 28, 13:22:56
  - i did too, i always thought they bomb the shit out of the rail yards (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 28, 13:40:30
    - This interesting Wiki page on the Norwich bombings says they destroyed the station (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 28, 14:09:19
      - 'City' station was where Halfords roundabout now is (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Mar 28, 14:27:18
      - that must have been the one at the top of st stephens street (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 28, 14:20:21
    - Wouldn't work these days (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 28, 14:03:44
      - the swedes have come up with a solution (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 28, 14:13:07
        
        vid linky ... (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 28, 14:13:59
        
        Interesting (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 28, 14:25:10
        
        also, it needs to be out in the open (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 28, 14:29:49
    - they probably were trying to bomb rail tracks .... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 28, 14:03:10
- I should be OK. They are only the 50kg ones where I live. (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Mar 28, 13:21:30
  - Sorry, sbc50 (n/m) (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Mar 28, 13:23:49
- Vicious attack on Eaton Golf Club (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 28, 13:10:22
  - Anyone know Harvey Lane / Thorpe Hamlet? (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Mar 28, 14:39:03
  - Yes, I was curious about that. Looks like it mainly took out the CNS playing field? (General Chat) - 51eve, Mar 28, 13:33:47
    - probably getting low on fuel and jettisoned a load before heading back to the father;l (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 28, 13:44:24
      - Makes sense, wonder what the pilot had against schools and golf courses though!? (n/m) (General Chat) - 51eve, Mar 28, 13:54:53
        
        Isn't it that the schools and golf courses were put in places where the bombs cleared out (General Chat) - Kangol Canary, Mar 28, 14:55:38
        
        No (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 28, 17:06:07
        
        It was on 5 January 1941 (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 28, 14:16:24
      - fatherland ffs (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 28, 13:45:01
        
        Das Lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 28, 14:01:43
- looks as if costa coffee on riverside got one straight down it pipe (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 28, 13:01:57

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