Newcastle hit by a deadly World War II air raid 80 years ago - and the same location today Air raids on Newcastle during World War II killed around 141 people - and injured nearly 600 more - with 47 of those deaths coming this week in 1941 Sign up for our free newsletter on Dave Morton's nostalgia and local history stories sent direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice