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saw no one display any signs of fear or apprehension whatever on any floor of the Gloucester Building lower than the 4th. I personally felt entirely safe during a raid on any except the two top floors.
Q. The size and types of incendiary bombs used.
A,
None used.
Q. What constituted the particular targets of the enemy ?
A. In order of priority, gun emplacements (particularly A.A. guns), road junctions, vital road communications, Naval Yard, 011 dumps,
storage co-downs - and generally anything that might be classed
broadly as a military target. Places like Magazine Gap corner and road were at times almost unusable in daylight, and ammunition dumps
were persistently sought after both with bombs and shells.
Q. How did the tenement type of house in central or Western
districts stand up to the bombing?
A.
They were not seriously tested. But e.g. the C.S.0. and P.W.D.
buildings beside the Cathedral literally fell apart when hit by
bombs.
Q. Were the surface shelters (pens) used and did they give
adequate protection ?
The pens served their purpose. They were not bombed and I
heard of no casualties from splinters or blast in them.
Q. Was machine-gunning resorted to ?
A.
0.
Yes but not regularly.
Were any direct hits on tunnels registered and with what result:
No direct hits.
What were the main problems which faced the Civil Defence
organisation
A.
(a) during the bombardment;
(b) after the bombardment.
Main problems: the following are really important and applies
equally to all Civil Defence organisations.
(a) Shortage of large-scale detailed maps (if possible with
house numbers) of urban areas. People got lost and transport went
astray. Civil defence personnel must be lavishly supplied with these.
(b) Hampering anxieties caused by separation of officers
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