SZ/BAU - Bombing Analysis Unit
Reference code
SZ/BAU
Level of description
Series
Title
Bombing Analysis Unit
Date/s
1939-1951
1966
1974-1975
1966
1974-1975
Quantity & Format
135 files Mixed
Subject
United Kingdom. Air Force. Bombing Analysis Unit
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
Scope and content
The BAU was set up in 1944 to investigate and report on the effect of allied bombing on aspects of the German war effort in north western Europe. The series contains correspondence, memoranda, technical data, maps, photographic material, draft reports, multiple copies of finished reports, and bound volumes. The majority of the material relates to BAU report no. 43, the capture of Calais, and report no. 44, the German retreat across the Seine. There is also a large amount of material on disruption to trains in German-occupied France caused by allied air attacks. Also included are statements from prisoners-of-war, and papers relating to preparatory assaults in readiness for the Normandy landings.
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SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/BAU - Bombing Analysis Unit
- SZ/BAU/1 - [Correspondence and memoranda, 1944]
- SZ/BAU/2 - [Correspondence and memoranda, 1945]
- SZ/BAU/3 - [Correspondence and memoranda, 1946-1975]
- SZ/BAU/4 - [Minutes of Air Evaluation Board and BAU meetings]
- SZ/BAU/5 - [Bomb data sheets and reports]
- SZ/BAU/6 - [Miscellaneous items]
- SZ/BAU/7 - [Strafing and Fighter/Bomber attacks on rail transportation data]
- SZ/BAU/8 - [Interrogation of Hans Hoeffner]
- SZ/BAU/9 - [Ardennes Offensive - Prisoner of War Interrogations]
- SZ/BAU/10 - Rocket projectile attacks against various targets in France during early stages of Operation "Overlord", [undated]
- SZ/BAU/11 - Air attack on gun positions, February 1945
- SZ/BAU/12 - [Lectures by SZ at RAF Staff College, Gerrards Cross]
- SZ/BAU/13 - [Lecture by SZ at the Empire Air Armament School, RAF Manby, Louth]
- SZ/BAU/14 - [BAU Report No. 1 - Correspondence and memoranda]
- SZ/BAU/15 - [BAU Report No. 1 - Working data]
- SZ/BAU/16 - [BAU Report No. 1 - Drafts]
- SZ/BAU/17 - The effects of the Overlord air plan to disrupt enemy rail communications
- SZ/BAU/18 - Summary report on effectiveness of air attack against rail transportation in France
- SZ/BAU/19 - Comparison of counts of bombs on photo-cover and in the field, 9/11/44
- SZ/BAU/20 - The cratering characteristics of certain allied bombs, 9/11/44
- SZ/BAU/21 - Damage to buildings by 500 lb. bombs with nose instantaneous fusing, 9/11/44
- SZ/BAU/22 - Ground survey of E-boat pens at Le Havre, 20/11/44
- SZ/BAU/23 - Time taken to re-establish traffic over rail tracks cut by bombing and sabotage, 24/11/44
- SZ/BAU/24 - The influence of air attacks on the supply of locomotives in the Region Nord - S.N.C.F. June to July 1944, 24/11/44
- SZ/BAU/25 - Changes in the volume of French traffic, expressed in kilometre-tons, as a result of air attacks, January to July, 1944, 6/12/44
- SZ/BAU/26 - A ground survey of bomb-damage in locomotive depots and Marshalling yards, 2/12/44
- SZ/BAU/27 - [B.A.U. Report No. 10]
- SZ/BAU/28 - The vulnerability to air bombardment of a coke oven plant, 7/12/44
- SZ/BAU/29 - Air attacks on German headquarters by Second Tactical Air Force - June to August 1944, 11/12/44
- SZ/BAU/30 - Survey of bomb damage: Hotel Pour Passagers - Le Havre, 28/12/44
- SZ/BAU/31 - Survey of German gun site attacked by aircraft firing British 60 lb. R.P., 8/12/44
- SZ/BAU/32 - Survey of bomb damage to German 150mm. Howitzer battery (Caucriauville No. 1), 30/12/44
- SZ/BAU/33 - Survey of bomb damage to German 170mm coastal battery Le Clos de Ronces - Le Havre, 11/12/44
- SZ/BAU/34 - Time of repair of "straffed" locomotives before and after the destruction of locomotive depots, 11/1/45
- SZ/BAU/35 - Survey of the results of attacks by aircraft on enemy shipping near the coast of France, 20/12/44
- SZ/BAU/36 - The value of napalm dropped from high altitude against fortified positions, [undated]
- SZ/BAU/37 - [B.A.U. Report No. 20]
- SZ/BAU/38 - Napalm attacks by fighter bomber aircraft, [undated]
- SZ/BAU/39 - Ground survey of the results of an attack by heavy bombers on a German tank concentration, 11/1/45
- SZ/BAU/40 - Survey of mine-head buildings attacked by aircraft firing British 60 lb. R.P., 25/12/44
- SZ/BAU/41 - Survey of the results of an air attack on H.Q. Fifth Panzer Army: La Caine - June 1944, 4/1/45
- SZ/BAU/42 - Ground survey of bomb damage to 360mm. coastal battery position at Le Grand Clos, Le Havre, 15/8/45
- SZ/BAU/43 - Survey of bomb damage to German 150mm Howitzer battery (Caucriauville No. 2), 30/12/44
- SZ/BAU/44 - The effects of air bombardment of German defences at Le Havre, 8/1/45
- SZ/BAU/45 - The Ile de Cezembre, 22/1/45
- SZ/BAU/46 - The Citadel, St. Malo, 23/1/45
- SZ/BAU/47 - Survey of bomb damage to coastal batteries between Le Havre and Abbeville, 17/4/45
- SZ/BAU/48 - The effect of bomb and rocket attacks on the railway bridge at Mirville, near Le Havre, 30/6/45
- SZ/BAU/49 - Changes in the flow of railway traffic in the Region Est, France, [undated]
- SZ/BAU/50 - [B.A.U. Report No. 34]
- SZ/BAU/51 - An examination of the railway gun positions in the Pas de Calais from Calais to Boulogne
- SZ/BAU/52 - A ground survey of the results of the bombing of the Bourg Leopold barracks, 30/6/45
- SZ/BAU/53 - [B.A.U. Report No. 36 - Drafts and working data]
- SZ/BAU/54 - Allied air attacks on rail bridges
- SZ/BAU/55 - Allied air attacks against rail tracks
- SZ/BAU/56 - The influence of air attacks on the supply of locomotives on the French railways
- SZ/BAU/57 - The effects of the pre-Overlord attacks on the Belgian railway system
- SZ/BAU/58 - An investigation of some gun batteries in the Pas de Calais
- SZ/BAU/59 - [B.A.U. Report No. 42 - Appendices]
- SZ/BAU/60 - [B.A.U. Report No. 42 - Field notes]
- SZ/BAU/61 - An investigation of some gun batteries in the Pas de Calais
- SZ/BAU/62 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Correspondence]
- SZ/BAU/63 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Preliminaries]
- SZ/BAU/64 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Drafts]
- SZ/BAU/65 - Study of air support in the capture of Calais
- SZ/BAU/66 - Short summary of Army attack - Operation 'Undergo'
- SZ/BAU/67 - Army plan to utilize air weapon
- SZ/BAU/68 - Extract from misc. docs on T/As
- SZ/BAU/69 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Area targets 1]
- SZ/BAU/70 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Area targets 2]
- SZ/BAU/71 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Target area No. 1 field notes]
- SZ/BAU/72 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Target area No. 2 field notes]
- SZ/BAU/73 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Target area No. 3 field notes]
- SZ/BAU/74 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Target area No. 4 field notes]
- SZ/BAU/75 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Target area No. 5 field notes]
- SZ/BAU/76 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Target area No. 6 field notes]
- SZ/BAU/77 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Barbed wire field notes]
- SZ/BAU/78 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Pin point targets]
- SZ/BAU/79 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Pin point target No. 8]
- SZ/BAU/80 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Pin point target No. 9]
- SZ/BAU/81 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Pin point target No. 10]
- SZ/BAU/82 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Pin point target No. 11]
- SZ/BAU/83 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Pin point target No. 12]
- SZ/BAU/84 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Pin point target No. 13]
- SZ/BAU/85 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Pin point target No. 14]
- SZ/BAU/86 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Pin point target No. 15]
- SZ/BAU/87 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Pin point target No. 16]
- SZ/BAU/88 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Pin point target No. 17]
- SZ/BAU/89 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Pin point target No. 18]
- SZ/BAU/90 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Pin point target No. 20]
- SZ/BAU/91 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Pin point target Bastion 11]
- SZ/BAU/92 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Fighter-bomber and rocket projectile attacks]
- SZ/BAU/93 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Fighter-bomber and rocket projectile targets]
- SZ/BAU/94 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Medium bomber effort]
- SZ/BAU/95 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Bastion No. 2]
- SZ/BAU/96 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Bridge near Calais]
- SZ/BAU/97 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Allied shelling effort]
- SZ/BAU/98 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Enemy shelling]
- SZ/BAU/99 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Casualty figures]
- SZ/BAU/100 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Count of German graves in Calais area]
- SZ/BAU/101 - Results of intelligence efforts in Calais
- SZ/BAU/102 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Prisoner of war reports]
- SZ/BAU/103 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - 3 Cdn Inf. Div. operational orders for Operation Undergo]
- SZ/BAU/104 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - 3 Cdn Inf. Div Excerpts from battle log for operation against Calais]
- SZ/BAU/105 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - 3 Cdn Inf. Div. signals]
- SZ/BAU/106 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Operation Undergo operational orders]
- SZ/BAU/107 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Operation Undergo signals log]
- SZ/BAU/108 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Miscellaneous attack data]
- SZ/BAU/109 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Photographic cover]
- SZ/BAU/110 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Bomb plots]
- SZ/BAU/111 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Maps, plans, and diagrams]
- SZ/BAU/112 - [B.A.U. Report No. 43 - Proposed Dunkirk survey]
- SZ/BAU/113 - [Report on the Canadian attack on Calais]
- SZ/BAU/114 - Report on a visit to Calais to inspect bomb damage and bomb accuracy
- SZ/BAU/115 - Supporting arms in the assault on Boulogne
- SZ/BAU/116 - Capture of the Sangatte cross-channel battery (Noires Mottes) by a Canadian Infantry Brigade on 25 September 1944
- SZ/BAU/117 - Visit of party reconnoitring German C.A. batteries in Holland, France and Belgium from November 20th - 27th, 1944
- SZ/BAU/118 - [B.A.U. Report No. 44 - Drafts]
- SZ/BAU/119 - [B.A.U. Report No. 44 - Maps and diagrams]
- SZ/BAU/120 - The German retreat across the Seine in August 1944
- SZ/BAU/121 - [B.A.U. Report No. 44 - Attack data I]
- SZ/BAU/122 - [B.A.U. Report No. 44 - Attack data II]
- SZ/BAU/123 - Enemy casualties in vehicles and equipment during the retreat from Normandy to the Seine
- SZ/BAU/124 - [B.A.U. Report No. 44 - Maps]
- SZ/BAU/125 - [B.A.U. Report No. 44 - Data from French sources]
- SZ/BAU/126 - [B.A.U. Report No. 44 - Prisoner of war statements]
- SZ/BAU/127 - [B.A.U. Report No. 44 - Miscellaneous data and correspondence]
- SZ/BAU/128 - [B.A.U. Report No. 44 - Preliminary notes]
- SZ/BAU/129 - Effects on German radar stations of air attacks proceding Operation "Overlord" - May and June 1944, 16/2/46
- SZ/BAU/130 - [Foxholes - Survey of dug in positions in Normandy and Aachen/Cologne area. Drafts and maps]
- SZ/BAU/131 - Examination of "P.O.L." targets attacked by aircraft of 2nd T.A.F., June - August 1944, 25/6/46
- SZ/BAU/132 - Survey of bomb damage sustained by the large Noball sie at Watten, [undated]
- SZ/BAU/133 - The attack on enemy road communications St Vith and Houffalize, [undated]
- SZ/BAU/134 - Effects of bomb fused tail instantaneous on light steel frame structues. A study of incidents in warehouses in the dock area at Le Havre, [undated]
- SZ/BAU/135 - [Bound. BAU reports]