HC Deb 15 July 1942 vol 381 c1237W
Mr. Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Air what additional weight of bombs the Air Force could have dropped on German territory in the first six months of this year if they had not had to drop 61,000,000 leaflets there during that period?

Sir A. Sinclair

None, Sir; the leaflets were distributed during bombing raids, and were carried in each aircraft in small light bundles in space which could not be used for bombs.

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