Number of bombs dropped
H.E. = High explosive
I.B. = Incendiary bomb
P.M. = Parachute mine
“Flies” or V1s = Flying bombs popularly known as ‘Doodlebugs’
L.R.R. = Long range rockets, abbreviated to V2 or rocket.
Hertfordshire District | H.E. | I.B. | P.M. | “Flies” | L.R.R. |
Baldock Urban | 8 | 100 | – | – | – |
Barnet Urban | 42 | 450 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Berkhamsted Rural | 64 | 108 | 2 | 3 | – |
Bishop’s Stortford Urban | 160 | 40 | – | – | 1 |
Braughing Rural | 288 | 1250 | 10 | 8 | 4 |
Bushey Urban | 91 | 900 | 2 | 1 | – |
Cheshunt Urban | 86 | 350 | 3 | 10 | 7 |
Chorleywood Urban | 86 | 350 | 3 | 10 | 7 |
East Barnet Urban | 42 | 400 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
Elstree Rural | 103 | 200 | – | 2 | 2 |
Harpenden Urban | 61 | 1600 | – | – | – |
Hatfield Rural | 206 | 3000 | 10 | 22 | 6 |
Hemel Hempstead Borough | 84 | 200 | – | 1 | – |
Hemel Hempstead Rural | 142 | 129 | – | 2 | – |
Hertford Borough | 31 | 457 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Hertford Rural | 458 | 4790 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
Hitchin Urban | 26 | 12 | – | – | – |
Hitchin Rural | 420 | 4700 | 7 | 11 | 5 |
Hoddesdon Urban | 341 | 4500 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Letchworth Urban | 28 | 376 | – | – | – |
Rockmansworth Urban | 69 | 46 | 6 | 1 | – |
Roystan Urban | 27 | 150 | 2 | – | – |
St. Albans City | 41 | 8 | – | – | – |
St. Albans Rural | 368 | 420 | 9 | 7 | – |
Sawbridgeworth Urban | 75 | 1000 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Stevenage Urban | 9 | 24 | 3 | – | – |
Tring Urban | 33 | 27 | 2 | – | – |
Ware Urban | 7 | 2 | – | 1 | – |
Ware Rural | 418 | 500 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
Watford Borough | 151 | 486 | – | 2 | 1 |
Watford Rural | 293 | 1634 | – | 5 | – |
Welwyn Garden City Urban | 32 | 1200 | 2 | – | – |
Welwyn Rural | 59 | 322 | 1 | 3 | – |
Total | 4,299 | 29,792 | 85 | 107 | 47 |
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Hello Linda, I am not aware of one.
is there a map showing the bombs dropped in Hertfordshire during WW2