SZ/BSU/5/1/140 - [Letter, E.L. Bird to SZ, 7/12/43]

Reference code

SZ/BSU/5/1/140

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, E.L. Bird to SZ, 7/12/43]

Date/s

1943

Quantity & Format

3 leaves Letters (typescript)

Subject

Incendiary bombs

Creator

Bird, Eric Leslie,

Creator

Zuckerman, Solly,

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Bird describes the progress in investigations and on the report on incendiary attack on Messina. He asks for information on a type of American incendiary bomb, which were dropped on 18/6/43 but which did not penetrate below the top storey of buildings. Bird comments on inaccurate and misleading sortie reports.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/BSU - [Bombing Survey Unit]
  - SZ/BSU/5 - [BSU. Correspondence and memoranda]
    - SZ/BSU/5/1 - [BSU. Correspondence and memoranda, 1943]
      - SZ/BSU/5/1/140 - [Letter, E.L. Bird to SZ, 7/12/43]

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