Bombings of Malmö and Lund
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During World War II, the Royal Air Force accidentally bombed the Swedish cities of Malmö and Lund in 1940 and 1943 respectively. Nobody was killed or injured in the bombings, though a few buildings were damaged or destroyed.
On the early morning of 3 October 1940, three bombs were accidentally dropped over Malmö, Sweden by a Whitley bomber of the Royal Air Force (RAF) piloted by George M. Roscoe. The first two bombs were dropped on Slottsparken while the third ended up in the moat of Malmö Castle. Nobody was killed or injured, but several buildings suffered minor damage.[1] The British government initially claimed to have been uninvolved with the incident, but when Swedish authorities presented evidence the bombs were dropped from RAF aircraft, Britain acknowledged its involvement and clarified that the bomber was part of a bombing raid against Stettin in Nazi Germany and had got lost.[citation needed]