§ Mr. Granvilleasked the Secretary of State for Air if he has any estimate which he can give of the effect on Nazi industrial war production of our recent bombing, the number of factories destroyed, the loss of man-hours, and the effect on the fighting strength of the Luftwaffe.
§ Captain BalfourThere is overwhelming evidence from photographic and other sources that the Allied bomber offensive has inflicted grave injury throughout the whole field of German war production. It would not, however, be practicable to attempt to summarise the extent of this injury within the compass of a Parliamentary reply. As for the effect of the offensive on the fighting strength of the Luftwaffe, I would refer my hon. Friend to the joint statement issued by the Air Ministry and the United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe on 23rd April, 1944, of which I am sending him a copy.