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The first air raid on Luton 30 Aug 1940 came without any alert and with no opposition.
Total toll was 59 dead 140 injured. With Vauxhall bearing the brunt. Interrogation of target maps post war didn't really clarify the actual target. Luton at that time was a pretty compact town, if you look at Google earth you will see only a boundary fence seperates the Airport from Vauxhall; that area was one big target. Luton Airport was the title even then, it was Luton corporation owned.
The incident mentioned by Jon was on 15 Oct 1940 where bombs fell on the Old Bedford Rd Area, The publication Luton at War shows the thousands of hats carpeting the surrounding streets including Fredrick St. the toll was 13 dead 35 injured. The Airport/Vauxhall area was a repeat target, later raids overshot the target and the Park square area took the brunt, including the Bus garage and one of the the AFS stations. In 1944 the Commer-Karrier Biscot Rd factory was hit by a V2,