SZ/OEMU/29/2/51-52 - Report on survey of two factories manufacturing aircraft carburettors to determine the value of various protective measures. Supplement on the fire aspects of the survey, 16/3/43

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/29/2/51-52

Level of description

Item

Title

Report on survey of two factories manufacturing aircraft carburettors to determine the value of various protective measures. Supplement on the fire aspects of the survey, 16/3/43

Date/s

1943

Quantity & Format

4 leaves

Subject

Incendiary bombs

Creator

Great Britain. Ministry of Home Security. Research and Experiments Department.

Scope and content

R.C. 374

Discusses fire risks caused by incendiary bombs and studies "the relation between certain fire precautions and the increased safety to output such precautions would provide." It does not go into structural details or costs. The paper tries to assess losses which fire could cause in terms of output.

Two copies.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/29 - [OEMU. CDRC - Shelters, beams, and walls]
    - SZ/OEMU/29/2 - [OEMU. CDRC - Shelters, beams, and walls. File Two]
      - SZ/OEMU/29/2/51-52 - Report on survey of two factories manufacturing aircraft carburettors to determine the value of various protective measures. Supplement on the fire aspects of the survey, 16/3/43

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