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Casualties?

How many died during each bombing raid? Nunamiut (talk) 02:04, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done – this now seems adequately covered by the article with several groups of separate casualty figures, yesno? DBaK (talk) 19:04, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Title vs. lead

The article's title is currently "Coventry Blitz". The lead sentence refers to "Coventry blitz" with a lower-case B. They should agree one way or the other. --69.159.9.219 (talk) 05:30, 16 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done – appears to be thoroughly resolved now. DBaK (talk) 19:01, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

When RAF first bombed Germany

This article states "The RAF began bombing Germany in March 1940". This starement needs qualifying and expanding on; there were RAF raids on Wilhelmshaven in September and December 1939.Cloptonson (talk) 21:41, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, that was more disruption by banned User:HarveyCarter. I removed it. Binksternet (talk) 19:22, 29 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox with main data badly needed, common for "battle articles"

Arminden (talk) 04:40, 27 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

fully agree. I am not sure whether there is a standard agreed for air bombing raids, a standard which would enable comparisons (e.g. how Guernica compares to Wieluń? How Wieluń compares to Coventry? How Coventry compares to Dresden?) Figures should possibly include: 1) number of civilian residents dead; 2) number of buildings destroyed; 3) number of attacking aircraft taking part; 4) number of sorties flown; 5) tonnage of bombs dropped; 6) duration in hours; 7) number of attacking aircraft shot down; 8) number of rounds fired by defending AAA; 9) estimate of worth of material losses

Posthumous awards granted before death

On 17 October 1940, Second Lieutenant Sandy Campbell of the Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal Company was called upon to deal with an unexploded bomb that had fallen at the Triumph Engineering Company's works in Canley. (...) Having taken it a safe distance, he disposed of the bomb successfully but was killed whilst dealing with another bomb the next day. Campbell was posthumously awarded a George Cross for his actions on 17 October 1940.

Supposedly, he was 'posthumously' awarded a George cross... on what is apparently the day before his death. Can anyone correct this? Sebimus (talk) 18:10, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't it mean that he was awarded the GC for his actions on that date, not that it was awarded on that date? I agree it's not very clear at first sight ... come to think of it, does ON > OF fix it? I'll try that. DBaK (talk) 18:51, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done – it now says Campbell was posthumously awarded a George Cross for his actions of 17 October 1940 at Triumph. Is that clearer? DBaK (talk) 18:54, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

yes, Thank you. Sebimus (talk) 12:10, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]