26 October 1940 - The Bank Row Bombing In Wick

26th October 2024

On the 26th of October 1940 a group of three Heinkels attempted to bomb Wick airport dropping over twenty high explosive bombs. A third of these bombs were duds. One bungalow in Hill Avenue got a direct hit and other houses were seriously damaged. Houses were damaged in Roseberry Terrace, Henrietta Street and George Street. Plaster and ceiling work was damaged in about 140 houses. The effects of the bombs were felt over a great distance. Some shrapnel landed some 500 yards away with a nose cone of a bomb coming through the roof of Liptons store (which is now Curry's - at the time this article was written - At February 2002 it is a charity shop) and narrowly missing the manager. See more at -

http://www.caithness.org/history/bankrowbombing/hillavenuebombing.htm

https://www.caithness.org/history/bankrowbombing/index.htm

Hill Avenue Bombing

Bank Row Memorial Garden

Bank row Memorial Garden Opening in August 2010