1940:
Defence experts
warn Belfast is a certain Luftwaffe
Target
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30
November 1940:
Luftwaffe reconnaissance mission identifies Belfast targets
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March 1941:
McDermott
warns that Belfast might be vulnerable during
full moon 7 - 16 April. No further measures
implemented
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7
April:
Squadron of German bombers raid Belfast
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Warning
siren sounds only after first bombs fall
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Harland & Wolff
fuselage factory destroyed.
Damaging blows to the docks
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London,
Liverpool, Bristol, Glasgow and Great
Yarmouth attacked the same night
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8
killed in Belfast: 6 in the destruction
of an industrial building; 2 auxillary
Fire Service men also perish
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Luftwaffe
crew return to base in Northern France
and report Belfast's defences are, "inferior
in quality, scanty and insufficient"
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