SZ/BSU/1/1/31 - 211 Group instruction of ground straffing [sic] and bombing at BU ARGUO near Castel Benito on 12/2/43, 7/2/43

Reference code

SZ/BSU/1/1/31

Level of description

Item

Title

211 Group instruction of ground straffing [sic] and bombing at BU ARGUO near Castel Benito on 12/2/43, 7/2/43

Date/s

1943

Quantity & Format

4 leaves

Subject

Bombing and gunnery ranges
Bombing, Aerial

Creator

Atcherley, Richard Llewellyn Roger,

Scope and content

Twenty eight unserviceable vehicles would be towed out to a target area. Local inhabitants were to be warned against risk of injury by loitering in the danger area. An air demonstration would follow which would include ground strafing and bombing with 500 lb. bombs and 40 lb. sticks. A programme of the event is included, and a plan of the target area.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/BSU - [Bombing Survey Unit]
  - SZ/BSU/1 - [BSU. North Africa]
    - SZ/BSU/1/1 - [North Africa. Correspondence, memoranda, etc.]
      - SZ/BSU/1/1/31 - 211 Group instruction of ground straffing [sic] and bombing at BU ARGUO near Castel Benito on 12/2/43, 7/2/43

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