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Glasgow was never a deliberate target of bombing during WWII. Some bombs did land on the city during raids on neighbouring Clydebank. Those raids took place on the 13th and 14th of March 1941. It is thought that the target was the John Brown ship yards and nearby ordinance factories.
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