The Story of Civil Defence, Ross Wyld. Issued by the Walthamstow Borough Council October 1945
Elsewhere is given a report of the various incidents in some detail but it may be of interest to note the following totals of the missiles which fell within the Borough Boundaries. (Missiles falling in other Boroughs are not included even if they caused damage in Walthamstow.)
| Type of Missile | Exploded |
Unexploded |
Total |
| High Explosive Bombs | 469 |
25 |
494 |
| Mines | 17 |
5 |
22 |
| Phosphorus I.B.s | 8 |
2 |
10 |
| Oil Bombs | 38 |
5 |
43 |
| A.A. Shells | 67 |
90 |
157 |
| Rocket U.P. Shells (A.A.) | 16 |
5 |
21 |
| Small Yellow Bombs | 12 |
17 |
29 |
627 |
149 |
776 |
We are forbidden for " security reasons " to state the exact number of Fly Bombs and Rockets which fell in the Borough, but it was approximately two score.
No exact figure is available for Incendiary bombs but it is estimated that about 5,000 fell in Walthamstow in some 400 different places. In the chapters dealing with "Casualties" and with "Damage and Repairs", some comparisons were originally made as to the results of the earlier and later type of missiles but for "security reasons" these may not now be published.
It must therefore suffice to say that even with ordinary H.E. bombs the later types, (such as were used in the early part of 1944), appeared to contain a new and much more effective explosive, weight for weight, than those used during the Blitz period.