SZ/OEMU/2/2/28-29 - [Letter, SZ to F.R. Fraser, 29/8/42]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/2/2/28-29

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, SZ to F.R. Fraser, 29/8/42]

Date/s

1942

Quantity & Format

1 leaf Letters (typescript)

Personal name

Potts, Edmund Thurlow, 1878-1948

Subject

Incendiary bombs
Explosions -- Casualties

Creator

Zuckerman, Solly, 1904-1993

Creator

Fraser, Francis Richard,

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Lists the percentages of types of injuries decided from a wide survey on casualties incurred by the explosive incendiary bomb. The incidence of burn and splinter wounds is discussed. Colonel Potts' understanding of the incendiary bomb is mentioned. The way the bomb reacts is discussed, and its effects.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/2 - [OEMU. Research queries and correspondence, 1940-1962]
    - SZ/OEMU/2/2 - [Correspondence: F.R. Fraser, 1940-1943]
      - SZ/OEMU/2/2/28-29 - [Letter, SZ to F.R. Fraser, 29/8/42]

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