SZ/BBSU/3/94 - [Letter, Claude Pelly to SZ, 19/11/47]

Reference code

SZ/BBSU/3/94

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, Claude Pelly to SZ, 19/11/47]

Date/s

1947

Quantity & Format

1 leaf Letters (MS)

Subject

United Kingdom. Air Force. 617 Squadron
United Kingdom. Air Force. 9 Squadron
United Kingdom. Air Force. Bomber Command.
Bombsights

Creator

Pelly, Claude,

Creator

Zuckerman, Solly, 1904-1993

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Discusses the bombsights used and weapons carried by 9 Squadron and 617 Squadron, the "only two specially trained" squadrons in Bomber Command. Pelly states that Bomber Command comprised 107 squadrons at its peak in 1945, although some sqaudrons were not "bomb-droppers".

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/BBSU - British Bombing Survey Unit
  - SZ/BBSU/3 - [BBSU. Correspondence and memoranda, 1947]
    - SZ/BBSU/3/94 - [Letter, Claude Pelly to SZ, 19/11/47]

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