Frank Pleszak, 66, local historian and volunteer at the Avro Heritage Museum in Woodford, said the attack on the region was mostly for propaganda purposes.
“The bombing of Manchester and the area had largely stopped by 1944, they were launched as a way of demoralising the population,” he said.
“They were launched off a Heinkel twin engine bomber off the Yorkshire coast near the Humber Estuary.
“They weren’t accurate and were sent roughly in the area of Manchester. Very few landed in the area and Manchester itself wasn’t actually hit.”
He added: “It was awful, some died in the raid and some after the event.”
