SZ/OEMU/21/3/47 - Casualties Among Tank Crews in 11th Armoured Division in Operation Veritable, 27th February-4th March 1945, [undated]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/21/3/47

Level of description

Item

Title

Casualties Among Tank Crews in 11th Armoured Division in Operation Veritable, 27th February-4th March 1945, [undated]

Date/s

[1945]

Subject

Tanks (Military science)
Explosions -- Physiological effect -- In armoured vehicles.
Operation Veritable

Creator

Wright, H. B.

Creator

Harkness, R. D.

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Includes case histories of 26 tanks damaged by enemy action. The cases highlight damage sustained by the tank, crew injuries, and what the tanks was hit by. The paper contains photographs of damaged tanks, diagrams indicating the areas of tanks hit most, and an Ordnance Survey map showing Allied and enemy tank positions.

Paper written by Wright and Harkness.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/21 - [OEMU. Medical Research Council Military Personnel Research Committee, Sub-Committee on Weapons (Biological Assay)]
    - SZ/OEMU/21/3 - [OEMU. MRC Sub-Committee on Weapons. Reports and Memoranda]
      - SZ/OEMU/21/3/47 - Casualties Among Tank Crews in 11th Armoured Division in Operation Veritable, 27th February-4th March 1945, [undated]

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