German activity over Norfolk 23/24th April 1942

[RodM]

Yes, interesting that they have databased the HO 203 intelligence summaries.

I have been working with this and other Ministry of Home Security material for some time, so feel qualified to supplement the statement on the website's title page:

"For example, from the end of volume 14, the information about attacks becomes increasingly sparse, despite the heavy casualties caused by V rocket attacks. This seems to reflect the lessening institutional anxiety about the impact of bombing on the civilian population as the course of the war began to clearly shift in favor of Allied victory."

For researchers, this is only partially true. The HO 203 intelligence reports are ONLY summaries after all. With careful checking, most entries in the HO 203 intelligence reports can be tallied against the very comprehensive Bomb Census material in HO 198. This later series contains the real in-depth reports on individual incidents.

Cheers

Rod

PS - although not strictly answering Steve's original question, the attachments below show the type and scope of information recorded in both HO 203 and HO 198 for individual incidents.