27 APRIL 1944, Page 13

THE FACTS ABOUT BOMBING

Sut,—With reference to Mr. Gavin Brown's letter in your issue of April 7th I daresay the Germans jettisoned an odd bomb or two in Kent or else- where in the spring of 1940. What mattered was the starting of the sustained air offensive against hinterlands, with its immeasurable benefits to our cause and that of civilisation. For that they deserve no credit at all. As Hauptmann Hermann shows in his book, just published, they built the Luftwaffe for tactical, not strategical, use. They do not under- stand air power.—Yours faithfully,

I. M. SPAIGHT.

Inglemere, 29 Smitluon Downs Road, Purley, Surrey.