AIR RAIDS ON IPWICH WW2

1940
21/22 JUNE RED RECEIVED AT 23.05
00.20 GREAT WHISTLING NOISE HEARD. H.E. BOMB DROPPED IN DALE HALL LANE CLOSE TO SAND-BAGGED REFUGE HOUSE.
Mr &Mrs R.ANDERSON & MAID KILLED. 9 OTHER H.E. BOMBS DROPPED 2 LARGE 8 SMALL 5 EXPLODED 5 UNEXPLODED.WHISTLE FOUND 14" LONG BY 2".

3 JULY 16.45
DORNIER APPEARED AND DROPPED 20H.E.BOMBS IN AVONDALE ROAD,CLAPGATE LANE,WYE ROAD,SEVERN ROAD,CLIFF LANE AND HOLYWELLS PARK.1 FEMALE KILLED

8 JULY 10.25
7 H.E. BOMBS DROPPED 3 IN DOCK. ALL 7 EXPLODED QUAY WALL,SMART'S WHARF,KEY CHURCH CHANCEL AND TURRET LANE.

11 JULY 22.10
NO RED.18 BOMBS DROPPED FLETCHER RD,S.E. SENIOR SCHOOL, LANDSEER RD, HAYMAN RD. NACTON RD SEWER HIT.

21 AUG 18.30
DORNIER 17,PORT ENGINE ALIGHT, 4 MEN BALED OUT.CHASED BY HURRICANES FROM WATTISHAM WHERE IT HAD DROPPED H.E.'S.2 AIRMEN LANDED NEAR NEW CUT.

14 SEPT 14.55
JUNKERS 87 DROPPED 4 H.E.'S (250 Kg) & 1 OIL I.B. ST. MARGARETS GREEN,PHILLIPS & PIPER (OIL), BACK HAMLET, ALLOTMENTS AND ROSE HILL CRESCENT.
21.35
2 H.E.'S & 2 OIL TYPE (110 Kg) DROPPED CLOSE TO AERODROME.

21 SEPT 03.25
PARACHUTE MINES IN CEMETARY RD AND WOODBRIDGE RD.CEMETARY RD MINE DETONATED 20.00 ON 23 rd.

30 SEPT 17.25
DORNIER 17 RELEASED 11 H.E. BOMBS- CLAPGATE LANE, NACTON RD, HATFIELD RD AND DERBY RD STATION.

27 OCT 16.40
SMALL BOMBS IN FIELD AT WESTERFIELD.
18.20
ANTI-PERSONNEL BOMBS DROPPED ON CLIFF QUAY . A POLICEMAN AND 6 OTHER MEN KILLED.


3 NOV 16.34
CANISTER BOMBS DROPPED ON HOUSING ESTATE & BISHOPS HILL.

4 NOV 11.20
HEINKEL 111 DROPPED A LINE OF 16 H.E. BOMBS ON HEATHLANDS,DOVER RD, FOXHALL RD, PARLIAMENT RD, FREEHOLD RD AND BLOOMFIELD ST. 1 BOY KILLED IN BLOOMFIELD ST.

9 NOV 16.27
PLANE GUNNED THE AIRPORT.

10 NOV 22.20
PLANE CIRCLED THE TOWN ANTICLOCKWISE AND DROPPED ABOUT 39 I.B.'S IN FELIXSTOWE RD, PRIORY HEATH PLAYING FIELD, FELIX RD, DRAKE SQUARE NORTH, RANSOM CRESCENT, RANSOM RD, NACTON RD SCHOOL, CLAPGATE LANE, SEVERN RD, FUCHIA LANE, SPRING RD, CONSTABLE RD, CATHOLIC HALL, TUDDENHAM RD, GAINSBOROUGH RD, HIGH SCHOOL, CHRISTCHURCH PARK ARBORETUM, IPSWICH SCHOOL PLAYING FIELD, REDAN ST, ANN ST, VICTORIA ST, AKESTERS LAUNDRY, GREYHOUND TRACK, LONDON RD ALLOTMENTS, STONE LODGE LANE, BIRKFIELD, BELSTEAD RD AND MAIDENHALL FARM.

11 NOV 17.15
10 H.E. BOMBS DROPPED NEAR SUGAR FACTORY ONLY 2 EXPLODED -BRAMFORD RD &HENNIKER RD.

DEC 21 17.50
7 LARGE TYPE I.B.'S AND 4 H.E.'S DROPPED IN BIXLEY RD, PRINCETHORPE RD, COPLESTON RD SCHOOL & BOROUGH GENERAL HOSPITAL. I.B.'S WERE 43 POUNDERS OF ITALIAN ORIGIN.

1941
5 JAN 18.50
LARGE BOMB DROPPED IN ORCHARD.

7 JAN 15.50
HEINKEL 111 DROPPED LARGE BOMB IN HOLYWELLS PARK AND MACHINE-GUNNED HEATH RD.

8 JAN 10.15
10 H.E.'S DROPPED ON ROMNEY RD (CHILD KILLED AT No 6) &FLETCHER RD (WOMAN KILLED AT No 16).

20 JAN 00.15
2 PARACHUTE MINES ON RUSHMERE HEATH.


22 JAN 12.00
DAMAGE CAUSED BY A.A. SPLINTERS & MACHINE-GUN FIRE AT ENEMY AIRCRAFT.

10 FEB 20.15
PLANE DROPPED 10 50Kg H.E. BOMBS ON RUSHMERE RD, VICTORY RD, E.R.&F. TURNERS SPORTS FIELD, SIDEGATE LANE JUNIOR SCHOOL, SIDEGATE LANE, COLCHESTER RD & NORTHGATE SCHOOL GROUNDS. 2 KILLED AT No 48 RUSHMERE RD.

18 FEB 16.32
DORNIER DROPPED 12 50Kg BOMBS ON SITE OF NEW POWERSTATION, RIVER BANK, RIVER, WHERSTEAD RD, RAILWAY, CHURCHMAN'S SPORTS FIELD & RUGBY PITCH.WHISTLES WERE FOUND ON BOTH SPORTSFIELDS.

24 FEB 22.15
PLANE DROPPED 2 5O Kg H.E. BOMBS IN BLOOMFIELD ST.

25 FEB 21.50
PLANE DROPPED ANTI PERSONNEL BOMBS ON CHANTRY PARK.

27 FEB 16.25
HEINKEL 111 AT LOW ALTITUDE FLYING WEST TO EAST DROPPED 4 250 Kg H.E. BOMBS AND MACHINE-GUNNED THE STREETS.BOMBS FELL ON KEY ST-ONE INTO PAULS ANOTHER ON KERRIDGES THIRD ON PAULS AND THE FOURTH ON No 74 FORE ST.A BOY WAS KILLED

8 MARCH 20.50
3 50 Kg H.E. BOMBS EXPLODED AT FIR TREE FARM.

12 MARCH 22.O5
PLANE DROPPED 2 250KgH.E. BOMBS ON YORK RD & HATFIELD RD.

24 MARCH 06.15
3 HEINKEL 111 AND 2 ME 109'S.TWO 250 Kg H.E. BOMBS DROPPED ON FELIXSTOWE RD ,TWO MORE ON NACTON RD BY AIRPORT.AIRPORT MACHINE-GUNNED.

8 APRIL 00.40
PLANE DROPPED TWO 250 Kg BOMBS ONE IN HOLY TRINITY VICARAGE AND THE OTHER IN THE GAS WORKS REPAIR SHOP CLIFF RD.SENIOR WARDEN AND A YOUNG WOMAN WERE KILLED.

9 APRIL 03.00
FOUR 250 Kg H.E. BOMBS DROPPED NEAR BELSTEAD RD.


9/10 APRIL 23.00 TILL 05.01
15 FIGHTER BOMBERS BELIEVED TO BE ENGAGED. AT LEAST 13 H.E. BOMBS DROPPED IN LOWER ORWELL ST,BROWN'S TIMBER YARD AT THREE CRANES WHARF (A.F.S. MAN KILLED).DOCK COMMISION YARD LAND NEXT PAUL'S MALTINGS NEW CUT WEST, JEPSONS CLIFF RD, RANSOMES & RAPIER, CLIFF QUAY, FAIRFIELD RD AND PIPERS VALE.MAN KILLED IN CONSTABLE RD.

28 APRIL 21.11
PLANE DROPPED TWO 250Kg H.E. BOMBS ON ST. CLEMENTS AND IN BOROUGH RD.

29 APRIL 21.22
PLANE DROPPED 2 250 Kg H.E. BOMBS ON FELIX RD & BEATTY RD

4 MAY 22.40
EIGHTEEN 250 Kg H.E. BOMBS DROPPED:- 4 ON CRANES, 1 ON WESTERFIELD RD, 1 ON PARK RD (MAN & WOMAN KILLED), 2 IN CHRISTCHURCH PARK, 2 IN CRANE HILL FARM, 2 IN THE ORWELL,
1 IN SALISBURY RD, 1 IN NACTON RD (2 PEOPLE KILLED IN SHELTER),
2 IN ELMHURST DRIVE AND 2 AT RUSHMERE HALL.

6/7 MAY 22.30
H.E. BOMB ON LONDON RD. I.B.'S ON N.W. BOUNDARY. 2 H.E.'S JUST OUTSIDE BOROUGH BOUNDARY.

9 MAY 00.25 TILL 01.40
LARGE H.E. DIRECT HIT ON FISON'S ACID PLANT. TOTAL OF 9 250 Kg H.E. BOMBS DROPPED AND 280 I.B.'S. 2 H.E. BOMBS FELL IN MEADOW OF ORWELL LODGE. 1 FELL IN LUTHER RD SCHOOL FIELD AND 1 IN ALLOTMENTS. H.E. BOMB IN BEECH GROVE ANOTHER IN CLIFF LANE. DIRECT HIT ON 20 BONINGTON RD (2 MEN & 2 WOMEN WERE KILLED). OTHER BOMBS IN RAEBURN RD & FLETCHER RD.
2 OF THE PEOPLE KILLED WERE GLADYS AND BILLY WATERS MY GRANDMOTHER AGE 43 & MY UNCLE AGE 16.

12 MAY 01.40
FELIXSTOWE RAILWAY LINE HIT NEAR MENTAL HOSPITAL. I. B.'S IN KINGSWAY, HOWE AVE AND BANTOFT TERRACE. H.E. BOMBS IN RYDAL WALK, CAMBELL RD AND NACTON RD.

9 JULY 03.45
BOMBS IN SURRY RD AND CECIL RD. MAN KILLED IN SURRY RD.
NO "RED" GIVEN.

12 OCTOBER 1941 01.30 TILL 03.45
BOMBS ON NOVA SCOTIA DUMP, RAILWAY, EAGLE WORKS, COUNTY CLUB, HUNT'S WAREHOUSE SILENT ST AND TIBBENHAMS TURRET LANE. I.B.'S ON SHIPYARD.

1942

2 JUNE 01.55
FELIXSTOWE RD, RUSHMERE RD, BIXLEY RD AND THE HEATH. (WARDEN KILLED). I.B.'S IN LANDSEER RD.LARGE BOMB IN SANDY FIELD THIS SIDE. I.B.'S ON RIVERS ESTATE. STURDEE AVE, BADSHAH AVE, SHACKLETON RD, TURNERS WORKS, DOVER RD, EXETER RD, CAMDEN RD, WHERSTEAD RD AND NEARBYBY PLAYING FIELDS, YORK RD, UPPER CAVENDISH ST, KEMBALL ST, WARREN HEATH RD, ST. HELENS ST, JEFFERIES RD AND PALMERSTON RD. TOTAL OF 5 PEOPLE KILLED INCLUDING WARDEN.


11 AUGUST 01.15
3 PLANES OVER.BOMBS IN DERWENT RD, LANDSEER RD, GREENWICH SCHOOL FIELD, WROXHAM RD, MERSEY RD, RUSHMERE GOLF COURSE AND HEATH LANE.

14 AUGUST 01.15
I.B.'S ON CLARKSON ST, WESTWOOD AVE , ALL SAINTS RD & R/WAY


25 AUGUST 22.40
BOMBS ON MURRAY RD RECREATION GROUND, NACTON RD (ANDERSON SHELTER HIT 9 KILLED), DERBY LODGE, WOODBRIDGE RD AND HARMONY SQUARE. TOTAL OF 12 KILLED.


26 AUGUST 22.30
BOMBS ON AIRPORT, MARYON RD AND AVONDALE RD, WHERE AN ANDERSON SHELTER WAS HIT AND 3 PEOPLE KILLED.


15 SEPTEMBER 23.47
BOMBS DROPPED ON RANELAGH RD SIDINGS, UPPER MARSHALLING YARD, GIPPESWYK PARK, WALLERS GROVE & GWYDER RD ALLOTMENTS.


19 OCTOBER 10.40
DORNIER 217 DROPPED TWO 500 Kg H.E. MACHINE-GUNNED. 1 BOMB IN CRANFIELDS THE OTHER IN BELSTEAD RD.


1943
14 MAY 02.05
BOMBS AT BELSTEAD BROOK. H.E. BOMBS IN LAKE AT BOURNE PARK. 2 MORE ON FISONS.

2 JUNE 05.21
NINE FW I90'S AT ROOFTOP LEVEL OVER FELIXSTOWE RD. BOMBS ON PRETTYMAN RD, FELIXSTOWE RD AND MYRTLE RD. PLANE CRASHED NEAR LOCK GATES. BOMB IN WATERSIDE WORKS. GASHOLDER GUNNED 11 KILLED.

28 SEPT 01.20
DORNIER DROPPED BOMBS RUSHMERE HALL, RUSHMERE RD, LATTICE AVE, MENTAL HOSPITAL GROUNDS, BIXLEY HEATH, MILDMAY RD, REYNOLDS RD, BRAZIERS WOOD AND VANDYCK RD. 1 KILLED. WALRUS AIRCRAFT BURNT OUT AT AIRPORT.

3 NOV 19.05
BRAMFORD RD TO TUDDENHAM RD. RUSHMERE TO COLCHESTER RD SOME OF THE PLANES JU 88. 2 H.E.'S NEAR RAILWAY. 2 IN DALES (WOMAN KILLED). 4 NEAR BROOK HOUSE (WOMAN KILLED). 3 ON OR NEAR RAILWAY (LINE CUT). 4 ON NORWICH RD. 2 ON BROOKFIELD RD 1 ON KITCHENER RD, 1 ON BRAMFORD RD, 1 ON ALL SAINTS RD, 1 ON YARMOUTH RD, 1 ON GATACRE RD, 1 ON GREYHOUND TRACK, 2 FIREPOTS ON SPENCES RD, AND NEAR TERRITORIAL SPORTS GROUND. 4 RAEBURN RD & HOGARTH RD (1 KILLED). 7 I.B.'S ON RUSHMERE RD, MILL FARM WESTERFIELD, DALE HALL FARM, CASTLE HILL, BRAMFORD LANE ALLOTMENTS, BROCKLEY CRESCENT, TERRITORIAL SPORTS GROUND, ASHCROFT RD, WESTERN SENIOR SCHOOL. 5454 I.B.'S IN CONTAINERS OF WHICH 2928WERE RELEASED. TOTAL KILLED 3.

1944
1 SEPT 02.15
FLYING BOMB IN MARYON RD. 1 R.A.F. MAN KILLED.

18 OCT 23.25
FLYING BOMB IN HALTON CRESCENT. 4 KILLED.

1945
4 MARCH 00.30
TWO 250 Kg H.E.'S ON LAND AT SEYMOUR RD. 9 KILLED.


THE WAR IN IPSWICH


1,165 ALERTS WERE SOUNDED LASTING IN ALL 1,357 HOURS.

THE FIRST WAS ON 4th SEPTEMBER 1939 AT 02.40 HOURS.

THE LAST WAS ON 29th MARCH 1945 AT 12.45 HOURS.

ON 55 OCCASIONS THERE WERE INCIDENTS WITHIN THE BOROUGH.

53 PERSONS WERE KILLED,164 SERIOUSLY INJURED.

SOME 30,000 TOWNSPEOPLE ENROLLED AND SERVED IN THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF CIVIL DEFENCE. TWO MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL DEFENCE SERVICES WERE KILLED ON DUTY, SIX WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED.THREE RECEIVED OFFICIAL COMMENDATIONS FOR BRAVE CONDUCT.

THERE WERE 206 HOUSES TOTALLY DESTROYED OR SO BADLY DAMAGED THAT DEMOLITION WAS NECESSARY,766 HOUSES WERE SERIOUSLY DAMAGED BUT CAPABLE OF REPAIR, 10,400 HOUSES WERE SLIGHTLY DAMAGED.
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FOOD RATIONING TIMELINE

8 January 1940 - Food rationing begins. Bacon, ham, sugar and butter now rationed.
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January 1940 - 4oz. Butter, 12oz. Sugar & 4 oz. Bacon allowed a week for each person.
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March 1940 - 1s.10d worth of meat allowed per person a week (9p today). Sausages were not rationed but difficult to get; offal (liver, kidneys, tripe's) was originally un-rationed but sometimes formed part of the meat ration.
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July 1940 - Tea 2oz 1s 10d (9p). Butter, margarine, cooking fats and cheese rationed. Sugar cut to 8 oz 1s 10d (9p). The Government announced no more bananas no more fresh or tinned fruit to be imported except a few oranges for children only.
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March 1941 - Jam, marmalade, treacle and syrup rationed. 8 oz per person per week.
May 1941- Cheese ration increased to 2 oz's per person per week.
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June 1941- Eggs: 1 fresh egg a week if available but often
only one every two weeks. Meat ration cut to 1s 6d (7.5p) per person per week then to 1s 2d (6p): by June 1941 it was down to 1s (5p).
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July 1941- Sugar ration doubled to encourage people to make their own jam during the fruit season.
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August 1941 - Extra cheese ration for manual workers introduced
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December 1941 - Points scheme for food introduced. National dried milk introduced
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December 1941 - Milk went on ration 3 pints per person per week (1800ml) occasionally dropping to 2 pints (1200ml). This amount also varied for young children and expectant mothers Expectant mothers children and invalids were allowed 7 pints of milk per week. Expectant mothers and children were also allowed up to 18 eggs per month. Children were allowed orange and rosehip syrup as well as cod liver oil Household milk (skimmed or dried) was available : 1 packet per four weeks.
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January 1942 Rice & Dried Fruit added to points system. tea ration for under fives was withdrawn. sweets 2 oz per person per week.
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February 1942 Canned tomatoes and Peas. Soap rationed (1 small tablet per month).
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April 1942 Breakfast cereals and condensed milk added to points system.
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June 1942 - American dried egg powder on sale. 1s 9d (9p) per packet (equivalent to 12 eggs) Wholemeal loaf ("The National loaf") introduced (far more wheat used which meant less wastage. Sausages contained less and less real pork or beef /Horsemeat commonly available (later whale meat was also available)
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July 1942 - Sweets and chocolate 2 oz per person per week.
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August 1942 - Biscuits added to points system.
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August 1942 - Cheese ration was increased to 8 oz per person per week.
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December 1942 Oat flakes added to points system.
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December 1944 - Extra tea allowance for 70 year olds and over introduced.
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January 1945 - Whale meat and snoek available for sale.
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July 1946 - Bread rationed
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Dates Items Came off Ration
July 1948 - Bread.
December 1948 - Jam.
May 1950 - Points rationing ended.
October 1952 - Tea.
February 1953 - Sweets.
April 1953 - Cream.
March 1953 - Eggs.
September 1953 - Sugar.
May 1954 - Butter, cheese, margarine and cooking fats.
June 1954 - Meat and bacon.
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A Typical Weeks Ration for 1 Person at the height of Food Rationing in 1942
Bacon and ham: 4oz (100g) Meat: To the value of 1s.2d (6p today). (perhaps a pork chop and four sausages) Sausages were not rationed but difficult to get; offal (liver, kidneys, tripe's) was originally un rationed but sometimes formed part of the meat ration.
Cheese: 2oz(50g) sometimes it went up to 4oz (100g) and even up to 8oz (225g).
Margarine: 4oz (100g)
Butter: 2oz (50g)
Milk: 3 pints(1800ml) occasionally dropping to 2 pints (1200ml). Household milk
(skimmed or dried) was available : 1 packet per four weeks.
Sugar: 8oz (225g).
Jam: 1lb (450g) every two months.
Tea: 2oz (50g). (half a packet or the equivalent of 15 tea bags)
Eggs: 1 fresh egg a week if available but often only one every two weeks. Dried eggs 1 packet every four weeks.
Sweets: 12oz (350g) every four weeks
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Some 1940 Prices
Average cost for a family of 4 for coal for one week 4/- (20p)
Average cost for a family of 4 for Gas and Electricity for one week 2/- (10p)
Average cost for food for a family of 4 for one week £1.4.0 (£1.20)
Average war time 3 bedroomed semi detached house cost approx. £550
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Clothing Coupons

Each person was given 60 coupons to last them a year. Later it was reduced to 48 coupons.
Children were allocated an extra 10 clothing coupons above the standard ration to allow for growing out of clothes during a year.
Where the coupons went

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1940s Facts

Due to shortages and soaring inflation, the cost of British living rose by 83% from 1939 to 1943.
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By September 1939, the government had issued 38 million gas masks - one for nearly every Briton - and appointed more than 1.5 million Air Raid Precaution (ARP) wardens.
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Before WWII, only half the British population had enough income to afford a healthy diet. Despite shortages, Britons' health did improve during the war.
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Men were advised to leave their shirt tails hanging out if they went out after dark, so they could be seen by cars with dimmed headlights.
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The process of slicing and wrapping bread was prohibited during WWII, and up until 1950, as an economy measure.
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In 1945, the divorce rate was over three times higher than the pre-war figure.
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By December 1943, there were 1.5 million women workers in the engineering industry - 30% of the total workforce.
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At £7.00, an Anderson shelter cost more than a week's earnings. They were, however, free to those on low earnings.
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During the war paper was in short supply and a household was rationed to only one toilet roll a week.
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The wartime diet was rich in fat and carbohydrates, with an average daily intake of 3,000 calories - that's 1,000 more than today.
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Housewives were advised to tell their families what had gone into their dinner only after they had finished eating it!
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During the first four days of the war, 400,000 Londoners had their cats and dogs destroyed, for fear of their pets being terrified by the bombs or starving during the war.
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Thanks to the Dig for Victory campaign, by 1945 around 75% of food consumed in Britain was produced in Britain.
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In 1939 1.5 million children and adults were evacuated in three days, including 600,000 from London. However, more than half of all schoolchildren did not leave their homes in the cities and towns.
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By the end of WWII, half of all women had taken up smoking.
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At the height of the blitz, 20,000 homes were damaged or destroyed in a day.
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80% of middle class households failed to adhere to the strict blackout regulations during the first few weeks of the war.
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The Women's Voluntary Services (WVS) began in June 1938, to prepare women for civil defence work. It carried out vital war work and helped Britain to run as normal, with one million members during the war.
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