A report comparing the two different methods of examining bomb damage to buildings. The average circle method and the vulnerable area method are different in how they measure the radii so damage caused by explosives. Includes figures, tables and calculations.
An appendix presenting data on the effectiveness of aerial bombing on different industrial targets including factories and machine shops. Includes reports from aerial bombing on targets in France, Friedrichshafen, Brunswick, Bocholt, Hamburg, Bremen and Bremerhafen. The reports list date of attack, weapons used and the damage sustained plus tables.
Appendix compiling data on the secondary blast casualties of atomic weapons and other high explosive weapons including V1 flying bombs. Data was gathered by British doctors present in Nagasaki and from the United Kingdom. Secondary blast injuries include epilation, radiation sickness, flash burns, flame burns and debris casualties. Data obtained is also used to analyse which British air raid shelters are the best. Includes tables, figures and graphs.
A collection of photographs of damaged structures due to aerial bombing. Photographs include "Photographs of the effects of 2,500 kg. H.E Bomb" , "Photographs of the effects of a parachute mine on brick surface shelters" , "Photographs of the effects of 50 K.G. (Firepot). Anderson Garden Shelter" , "Photographs of the effects of 250 K.G. H.E Bomb. Bomb fell 1 ft. from 2 storey house".
A sample of the kind of reports that were filled out to examine how well air raid shelters withstood actual air raids. This report includes the damage report of a Anderson Shelter when it suffered a near miss from a H.E. (High Explosive) bomb. Includes diagrams.
Data Compilation. Charts on reports of machine gun and cannon air raids from enemy aircraft in Great Britain from 1942 to 1943. Includes date, location of attack, altitude of attacking plane, damage reports and casualty reports.
List of hundreds of reports pertaining to individual instances of air raid damage, categorized by regions of the UK and type of targets (eg factories), shipyards, plus other documents of air raid analysis.
Detailed investigation of the fire damage caused by the atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Includes "Causes of fires" , "Nature of fires" , "fire precautions" plus detailed damage reports of individual target buildings and areas. Includes extensive photographs showing damage to the cities and individual buildings.