SZ/BSU/5/2/27 - [Letter, SZ to E.C. Williams, 30/1/44]

Reference code

SZ/BSU/5/2/27

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, SZ to E.C. Williams, 30/1/44]

Date/s

1944

Quantity & Format

1 leaf Letters (typescript)

Personal name

Thomson, Alexander P. D.
Kendrew, John Cowdery
Thomson, George Paget,
Slessor, John,

Subject

United Kingdom. Air Ministry. Operational Research Station

Creator

Zuckerman, Solly, 1904-1993

Creator

Williams, E. C.

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Mentions the return of personnel to the United Kingdom; A.P.D. Thomson's posting; the organisation of operational research and changes in the Air Ministry relating to this; Kendrew's appointment as head of an operational research station in South East Asia; and the appointment of Sir George Thomson as Scientific Advisor to the Air Ministry. SZ had urged Air Marshall Slessor to pull together all the scientific work being done in the Mediterranean under one head, and to keep the Bombing Survey Unit going.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/BSU - [Bombing Survey Unit]
  - SZ/BSU/5 - [BSU. Correspondence and memoranda]
    - SZ/BSU/5/2 - [BSU. Correspondence and memoranda, 1944]
      - SZ/BSU/5/2/27 - [Letter, SZ to E.C. Williams, 30/1/44]

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