Left a Will..∼On the night of the 6th December 1940 Bristol had its third largest raid within a fortnight. Some 67 crews claim to have bombed the city with 77.5 tonnes of high explosives, half tonne of oil bombs and 5688 incendiaries. This was a smaller scale effort than the previous attacks as there was gale force winds on the continent. The raid lasted about 3 and a half hours, no enemy aircraft where lost in the raid although 3 crashed on the continent. Bristol did not fare as well with damage being caused by fire, the worst area's where St. Philips, Temple Mead, City Centre and Cotham. 188 people were injured and 100 were killed. One of those killed was Albert at Bristol Temple Mead Station
Left a Will..∼On the night of the 6th December 1940 Bristol had its third largest raid within a fortnight. Some 67 crews claim to have bombed the city with 77.5 tonnes of high explosives, half tonne of oil bombs and 5688 incendiaries. This was a smaller scale effort than the previous attacks as there was gale force winds on the continent. The raid lasted about 3 and a half hours, no enemy aircraft where lost in the raid although 3 crashed on the continent. Bristol did not fare as well with damage being caused by fire, the worst area's where St. Philips, Temple Mead, City Centre and Cotham. 188 people were injured and 100 were killed. One of those killed was Albert at Bristol Temple Mead Station
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