Did Hitler spare Dundee from bombing because it "rejected" Churchill as MP?

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Personally, I would discard it as an unfounded rumour. It's right up there with the "Hitler’s granny came from Dundee" rumour that you can still hear repeated around the city.

Dundee actually was hit by a Luftwaffe raid on 5 November 1940. The raid was probably intended to be an attack on the Tay Bridge, which would have been considered a high value target for the Luftwaffe.

A far more likely reason why Dundee escaped relatively unscathed is the fact that Luftwaffe bombing raids in Scotland had to be flown without fighter cover. The RAF, on the other hand, were fighting over home ground.

In the case of Dundee, the Spitfires and Hurricanes based at RAF Montrose are probably the reason that many of the bombers aborted their raid on 5 November 1940, dumping their bombs in an attempt to escape.

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