Chronology of World War II
Wednesday, January 20
Raid on Lewes, East Sussex
The worst raid on Lewes, East Sussex, was at about 12:40pm on Wednesday January 20, 1943 when four Me 110 fighter bombers dropped six HE bombs on the town and machine-gunned and cannon fired into the town around Brook Street, North Street and West Street. Two were killed and 11 seriously injured.