SZ/OEMU/58/1/2/254 - A comparison of the expected number of casualties per bomb from long range rockets and flying bombs, 6/11/44

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/58/1/2/254

Level of description

Item

Title

A comparison of the expected number of casualties per bomb from long range rockets and flying bombs, 6/11/44

Date/s

1944

Quantity & Format

1 leaf

Subject

World War, 1939-1945
Morrison shelter
Anderson shelter
V-2 rocket
V-1 bomb

Creator

Lyons, C. G.

Scope and content

The results are based on a Wandsworth shelter survey and looks at casualties in Morrison and Anderson shelters. It is concluded that rocket bombs produce one and a half to two times the number of casualties of flying bombs.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/58 - [OEMU. Casualty Survey IV - General papers]
    - SZ/OEMU/58/1 - [OEMU. Casualty Survey IV - General papers. Correspondence]
      - SZ/OEMU/58/1/2 - [Correspondence with the Ministry of Home Security - Research and Experiments Department, Princes Risborough]
        SZ/OEMU/58/1/2/254 - A comparison of the expected number of casualties per bomb from long range rockets and flying bombs, 6/11/44

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