EFFECTIVENESS DECREASED
LONDON, October 2. In the 12 weeks of intensive flyingbomb attacks against southern England, 2559 of the robots fell in Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, says the "Daily Mail." Practically all of these were brought down by fighters, anti-air-craft guns, and balloon barrages. The regional commissioner for south-west England, Lord Monsell, said: "It took 10 flying bombs to kill one civilian in this area. If they had gone on to London they would have killed 22. This was justification for shooting them down. I am proud to say that I received no protest against this policy from anybody in this region."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 81, 3 October 1944, Page 5
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102EFFECTIVENESS DECREASED Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 81, 3 October 1944, Page 5
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