Gerry,

Just to note there were also civilians who died during the raid. One was Norman Arthur Roberts, who was in charge of the met office and on observing duty. He had just completed the 1700 GMT observation (Calm, no cloud, visibility 12miles) when the bombers struck. He was unfortunate in that he was in the air-raid shelter that was hit by one of the bombs.

Although he had served in the RAF for 12 years before joining the Met Office he was not offered the same recognition as the other fatalities, although his family laid him to rest in the Star Lane cemetery. His grave is almost lost at the at the other end of the cemetery from the CWGC section, the bit that is vandalised and uncared for. There is no headstone and it took me ages to find it.

Brian