Penzance Harbour & railway terminus
1940 to 1944 · Penzance, Cornwall
View this record on the map →- Date
- 1940 to 1944
- Record type
- Reported target area
- Bomb type
- target-area
- Location
- Penzance, Cornwall
- Position accuracy
- Strategic target area
What happened
Home Office statistics record 211 weapons falling on the Municipal Borough of Penzance — 170 high-explosive bombs, 39 fire pots, one oil bomb and one parachute mine. The harbour, the neighbouring Newlyn harbour and the railway terminus were the principal draws.
Also worth knowing
Area marker derived from borough-level Home Office bombing statistics, not a single incident.