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Nightjar wrote
The Natural Philosopher wrote


statistically the chances of a plane landing on a house are quite slim
BUT of course AA gunnery probably did bring planes down over and into
London, but at night,


Although their main job was not to shoot aircraft down, but to make
accurate bombing difficult and to discourage bombers from entering the
defended zone. A Ministry of Information booklet on air defence claimed
that up to half the bomber force in any attack on London would turn back
before entering the AA zone.


And its very far from clear if that claim could be substantiated.

It isnt accurate about our own bombing except for that weasel 'up to' line.