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Originally Posted by spidge  Welcome.
Did you ever find out if there was that air-raid on Feb 13/14 1943?
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Though this site requires subscription (£3.99 I think) it appears to have a wealth of info on the air-raids on Swansea:
Swansea History Web Home Page
And as for the above date, I cannot find a raid but there was one a couple of days later:
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16th February. Sixth blitz on Swansea and its last raid suffered.
Swansea's last air raid was a another blitz on the town. A few bombers dropped flares some time after 10.00pm, before circling the town to release their load of 32 High Explosive bombs and a substantial amount of incendiary bombs. The raid lasted a relatively short 30 minutes, but killed 34 people, injured 110 and caused considerable damage to residential houses and shops in the areas of Neath Road, Hafod, St. Thomas and Brynmill. In addition, Swansea General Hospital needed to evacuate 300 patients to neighbouring hospitals after a ward was completely demolished by a blast.
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Luftwaffe Air raid Attacks On South Wales & Areas Around Bridgend