On the night of 7th September 1940, how many houses were destroyed by the Luftwaffer?

Question

Can I please get an answer back today (5th september) because it's part of an essay. thanks.

Answer 1

I assume you're writing about London, but I don't think you'll be able to get an exact number:

Saturday September 7th 1940
The Aftermath

"After a sleepless night, while their Anderson shelters rocked with the explosion of bombs and the crash of guns, the people of East London carried on to-day with their usual amazing spirit. Several hundred began their search for new homes as soon as the “all clear” sounded. Whole streets had been destroyed and many other houses demolished. But people gathered their possessions together and piled them into perambulators. With children in their arms, they started their walk to friends or relatives."

Sunday September 8th

"To many Londoners' this had been the first time that they had really experienced the effects of saturation bombing. It had been a sleepless night for most as the bombing attacks that commenced during the afternoon of the previous day carried on through the night. Anderson shelters rocked as each bomb exploded, dust managed to find its way into every hole and crack, children were screaming and crying, mothers were doing their best to comfort them. It had been a night that 'terror ran amoke' and by the early morning light of September 8th after the last of the enemy bombers had returned back to their bases, most would have said.....'We never want to go through another night like that....ever'. Little did they know that soon, London would come under heavy bombardment for fifty-seven consecutive nights, just like what they had just experienced on the night of September 7th - 8th."

"It had proved to be, the largest bombing raid ever made against a British city and claimed the lives of over 350 people with a further 1400 seriously injured as rows of houses, buildings and warehouses collapsed into the inferno.
During the night a second wave of over 300 He111's headed up the Thames Estuary and bombed the, already ablaze, dockland areas of East London.



Statistics

R.A.F. Losses: 44 aircraft damaged or destroyed, 18 pilots killed or missing and 11 wounded.

Luftwaffe losses: 62 aircraft damaged or destroyed, 68 pilots & aircrew killed or missing and 12 wounded.

NOTE: Losses include non-combat patrols and other accidents.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

If this is an essay, rather than a military report, I would have used a generalisation.
e.g. Onthe night of 7th September 1940, hundreds of British homes were destroyed, with considerable loss of life and
horrendous numbers of people injured. etc.
Hope it helps.

Answer 4

Are you kidding? Sept. 7th 1940 was the start of the air blitz against London. It went on for almost 24 hrs. How many houses were destroyed? There are no records that show how many were bombed that first day because the bombing continued every day for the next 57 days.
I don't think anybody was counting. At the height of the 57 day blitz, there were as many as 177,000 homeless in London.

Answer 5

I don't know how many houses were destroyed, but according to one source 430 people were killed and another 16,000 were seriously injured.

Answer 6

I have a feeling it cud have been about 5000 but im not sure.

good luck.

Answer 7

not enough...:D

ok, ill be serious, i dont know.:)