TONSIL, THE ROYAL NAVY'S EXPERIMENTAL ANTI-FLYING BOMB ROCKET BATTERY. TONSIL WAS A RUSH JOB, THE PROJECTORS WERE MOUNTED ON LORRIES IN TWO DAYS AND THE COMPLETE BATTERY OF TEN PROJECTORS WAS READY FOR ACTION IN A POSITION BETWEEN HYTHE AND DYMCHURCH WITHIN FOUR DAYS OF THE ORDER BEING GIVEN, ON 15 JULY 1944. ON 20 JULY IT SCORED ITS FIRST "KILL". BY THE END OF THE MONTH IT HAD SHOT DOWN 8 FLYING BOMBS. IN AUGUST THE BATTERY WAS ENLARGED TO 20 PROJECTORS, CAPABLE OF FIRING 400 ROCKETS AT ONCE, AND WAS PARTICULARLY VALUABLE IN CONDITIONS OF POOR VISIBILITY. - "Tonsil" mounted on a lorry. The ro
TONSIL, THE ROYAL NAVY'S EXPERIMENTAL ANTI-FLYING BOMB ROCKET BATTERY. TONSIL WAS A RUSH JOB, THE PROJECTORS WERE MOUNTED ON LORRIES IN TWO DAYS AND THE COMPLETE BATTERY OF TEN PROJECTORS WAS READY FOR ACTION IN A POSITION BETWEEN HYTHE AND DYMCHURCH WITHIN FOUR DAYS OF THE ORDER BEING GIVEN, ON 15 JULY 1944. ON 20 JULY IT SCORED ITS FIRST "KILL". BY THE END OF THE MONTH IT HAD SHOT DOWN 8 FLYING BOMBS. IN AUGUST THE BATTERY WAS ENLARGED TO 20 PROJECTORS, CAPABLE OF FIRING 400 ROCKETS AT ONCE, AND WAS PARTICULARLY VALUABLE IN CONDITIONS OF POOR VISIBILITY. - "Tonsil" mounted on a lorry. The rocket battery was assembled and transported to its position on the South Coast within four days of being ordered
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