SZ/FS/1/3/1/4 - [Copy letter, Patrick Blackett to L.B.C. Cunningham, 2/10/43]

Reference code

SZ/FS/1/3/1/4

Level of description

Item

Title

[Copy letter, Patrick Blackett to L.B.C. Cunningham, 2/10/43]

Date/s

1943

Quantity & Format

2 leaves Letters (typescript)

Subject

Bombing error
Bombsights

Creator

Blackett, Patrick Maynard Stuart, 1897-1974

Creator

Cunningham, L. B. C.

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Asks Cunningham whether a new sight would allow bombers to fly in formation whilst still reducing bombing errors. Bombers are less vulnerable to fighter attack when in formation but ideally bomber safety and bomb accuracy are required.

SZ/FS/1/3/1/3

Covering letter attached [SZ/FS/1/3/1/3].

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/FS - Joint Technical Warfare Committee [Fire Support Sub-Committees]
  - SZ/FS/1 - Inter-Service Committee to Consider Provision of Fire Support for a Landing on a Heavily Defended Coast
    - SZ/FS/1/3 - [Sub-Committee on Fire Support]
      - SZ/FS/1/3/1 - [Minutes, papers, and drafts]
        SZ/FS/1/3/1/4 - [Copy letter, Patrick Blackett to L.B.C. Cunningham, 2/10/43]

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