Luftwaffe losses to ground fire during Bodenplatte

[Graham Boak]

My understanding is that the VT fuses were used against the V1, rather than being restricted to Naval use. The dominant guns there were the 3.7in. and the 40mm Bofors. Initially this was restricted to the UK mainland but later there was considerable effort placed into the defence of Antwerp.

English Heritage was to issue a book on the Diver AA campaign to go with their excellent work on AA Command, but I've yet to see it appear. The matter of fuses will doubtless be discussed, but I suspect that the comments above are correct and the 40mm shell was just too small at this stage.