cket ▁campaign , ▁though ▁all ▁these ▁missed ▁the ▁city .. ▁ ▁Air ▁ra ids ▁ ▁Early ▁ra ids ▁The ▁first ▁ra id ▁of ▁bomb s ▁occurred ▁on ▁ 9 ▁July ▁ 1 9 4 0 . ▁Ar ound ▁ 5 pm , ▁eleven ▁wh ist ling ▁bomb s ▁were ▁dropped ▁on ▁the ▁R ivers ide ▁Works ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁city . ▁On ▁ 3 0 ▁July , ▁many ▁other ▁buildings ▁were ▁hit , ▁including ▁the ▁large ▁Georg ian ▁buildings ▁on ▁Sur rey ▁Street . ▁Although ▁quite ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁ra ids ▁were ▁carried ▁out ▁on ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Nor wich ▁in ▁this ▁year , ▁damage ▁to ▁property ▁was ▁mostly ▁conf ined ▁to ▁resident ial ▁areas . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁ra ids ▁were ▁at ▁night ▁or ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁morning , ▁but ▁the ▁most ▁dam aging ▁visit ations , ▁and ▁those ▁that ▁caused ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁cas ual ties , ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁afternoon ▁or ▁early ▁evening . ▁The ▁city ' s ▁death - roll ▁for ▁the ▁year ▁amount ed ▁to ▁si xty - one , ▁of ▁whom ▁twenty - six ▁were ▁killed ▁on ▁ 9 ▁July ▁during ▁the ▁first ▁ra id ▁which ▁Nor wich ▁sust ained . ▁Through out ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁twenty ▁more ▁people ▁were ▁killed ▁and ▁twenty ▁eight ▁injured , ▁during ▁month ly ▁attacks ▁on ▁the ▁sub ur bs ▁and ▁resident ial ▁areas . ▁▁ 2 7 ▁April ▁ 1 9 4 2 ▁Ra ids ▁were ▁being ▁carried ▁out ▁on ▁Ex eter , ▁Bath , ▁Can ter