SZ/AEAF/1/8/2 - Discussion with Mr G. Cole Deacon, Secretary, Railway Executive Comit[tee], 9th February, 1944

Reference code

SZ/AEAF/1/8/2

Level of description

Item

Title

Discussion with Mr G. Cole Deacon, Secretary, Railway Executive Comit[tee], 9th February, 1944

Date/s

1944

Quantity & Format

1 leaf

Personal name

Deacon, G. Cole

Scope and content

Mr Deacon identified various maintenance facilities in relation to the effect on them of air attacks and provided a listing , with explanatory information, of their order of priority as targets. Reference is made in the paper to UK experience such as damage to the coaling facility at York, and the Kings Cross/Farringdon Street underground links with main line services. He expressed the opinion that "attacks on the main repair centres [in Germany] would pay a good dividened."

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/AEAF - [Allied Expeditionary Air Force]
  - SZ/AEAF/1 - [AEAF Planning]
    - SZ/AEAF/1/8 - [AEAF Planning. Central Railway Executive and Railway Research Service (C in C's meeting with Railway Executive)]
      - SZ/AEAF/1/8/2 - Discussion with Mr G. Cole Deacon, Secretary, Railway Executive Comit[tee], 9th February, 1944

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