Before the raid

16:00 Saturday 7 September 1940

0 incidents logged

London · The London Fire Brigade's log

First Night
of the Blitz

7 September 1940

That Saturday afternoon the Luftwaffe turned from the RAF's airfields to London. This map plays back every fire and bomb incident the London Fire Brigade logged in that first raid, 832 of them, from the first sirens to dawn on Sunday.

About the data

First Nightof the Blitz

First Night
of the Blitz