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.
R. E. 4. Data Compilation No. 10. Charts and blueprints detailing the damage on walls from different explosives.
A list of strength tests of different types of air-raid shelters from September 1939 - October 1942.
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.
Note No. H.O.P.P./25. Report on the strength tests taken on different trench linings including "Plain reinforced concrete slabs" , "Corrugated Slabs" , "Cast Iron" , "Timber". Different yields of explosives were detonated nearby to test the different linings' resistance.
Data and analysis of air raid hits on factories in the UK, with details on occupancy, bomb type, combustibility of structure, and fire.
Data and analysis on the incidence of fires caused aluminized filling in German high explosive bombs.
List of papers on fire and fire fighting, published 1941 - 1946.
Short overview of sub-committee work, with list of notes considered.
List of 500kg bomb impacts in the UK, 1940 - 1941.
Report on damage by earthshock, debris, and blast, with table of specific bombing incidents.
Two Army Operational Research Group war game manuals for simulating conflicts in Britain including nuclear war.
Bibliography with original and revised security ratings.
Handwritten bibliography complied by R.W. Shephard on shelters, bombs, blast and earth movement
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.
Report on the findings of the British Incendiary Mission to the United States to compare findings and tests on incendiary bombs. Content includes a list of British officials who were on the Mission and the information learned from the American tests and experience, particularly in use against Japanese structures. Also included are plans for future incendiary bombings and tests.