WITH regard to the Hurricane aircraft on display in York, I think I should point out one or two inaccuracies which have appeared in The Press and on the radio.
First of all, an attack by some 40 or so bombers over one night can hardly be called a Blitz, distressing as it was to the people under it at the time: The Blitz attacks were on major cities such as Bristol, Liverpool, Sheffield and many more, and especially London.
Also, while you state that nearly 100 people were killed in this attack, the director of the Yorkshire Air Museum gave a figure of 300 on BBC Radio York.
Finally, there was no Baedeker raid. A senior German officer was heard to remark after the attacks on rail centres such as York: “It looks as if you are bombing all the places in the Baedeker Guide.”
M C Usherwood, Mendip Close, Huntington, York.
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