Porthminster Beach & town centre
August 1942 · St Ives, Cornwall
View this record on the map →- Date
- August 1942
- Record type
- Historic bombing area
- Bomb type
- HE
- Casualties
- 1
- Location
- St Ives, Cornwall
- Position accuracy
- Confirmed event, approximate point
What happened
Two German fighters attacked St Ives, opening with machine-gun fire across Porthminster Beach before strafing the main streets and heading back out to sea. One woman was killed.
Casualty note
One woman killed.
Also worth knowing
Part of a run of tip-and-run attacks across Cornwall in August 1942; reported in The Cornishman on 3 September 1942.