SZ/OEMU/48/4 - [Combined Operations Headquarters Bombing: Blazing, 1942]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/48/4

Level of description

File

Title

[Combined Operations Headquarters Bombing: Blazing, 1942]

Date/s

[1942]

Quantity & Format

20 items Mixed

Subject

Bombing, Aerial Damage.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British
World War, 1939-1945

Scope and content

Contains rough notes on the analysis of operation Blazing, the proposed raid on the English Channel Island of Alderney in 5/42. Calculations and graphs are included, and a plot of splinter dispersal. These serve to examine the probable effect of a bombing attack. Typed notes consider night time navigational problems, target indentification, and the size and distribution of the bombs. Not catalogued through to item level.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/48 - [Combined Operations Headquarters, 1942-1959; 1973]
    - SZ/OEMU/48/4 - [Combined Operations Headquarters Bombing: Blazing, 1942]

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