SZ/OEMU/51/3 - [War Office Sub-Committee on Air Bombing in Direct Support of the Army: Documents, 1940-1942]
Reference code
SZ/OEMU/51/3
Level of description
File
Title
[War Office Sub-Committee on Air Bombing in Direct Support of the Army: Documents, 1940-1942]
Date/s
1940-1942
Quantity & Format
24 items Mixed
Subject
Air warfare
Close air support
Close air support
Scope and content
Contains reports, papers, notes and comments on close air support and the sub-committee which was set up to manage it. The effects of bombings and air to ground attacks on personnel are examined. Means for effective attacks are sought, and accounts of German attacks are described.
Ways in which the air arm could support the Army in battle are examined.
Ways in which the air arm could support the Army in battle are examined.
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SZ - Zuckerman Archive
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SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
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SZ/OEMU/51 - [Army air cooperation. War Office Sub-Committee on Air Bombing in Direct Support of the Army, 1940-1943]
- SZ/OEMU/51/3 - [War Office Sub-Committee on Air Bombing in Direct Support of the Army: Documents, 1940-1942]
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SZ/OEMU/51 - [Army air cooperation. War Office Sub-Committee on Air Bombing in Direct Support of the Army, 1940-1943]
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SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
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- SZ/OEMU/51/3/1-3 - Extract from Report No. T.C.20: Air Tactics (Air Ministry), June 1942
- SZ/OEMU/51/3/4 - [MS note by SZ on splinters, undated]
- SZ/OEMU/51/3/5 - Comments on air tactics paper, 18/7/42
- SZ/OEMU/51/3/6 - Notes on anti-personnel effects of different bomb types, 25/7/42
- SZ/OEMU/51/3/7 - [Notes by SZ on anti-personnel effects of different bomb types, undated]
- SZ/OEMU/51/3/8 - [MS notes on the outline of an experimental project, undated]
- SZ/OEMU/51/3/9 - The problems of air attack on military formations: notes on information required for their solution, 3/8/42
- SZ/OEMU/51/3/10 - [Localised reports of air attack incidents, 1940-1942]
- SZ/OEMU/51/3/11-12 - Points arising out of conversation with Brigadier Hassell, C.O. of the 69th Brigade of the 50th Division, 29/8/42
- SZ/OEMU/51/3/13 - [The effects of blast on personnel, with special reference to mortar shells, undated]
- SZ/OEMU/51/3/14-16 - The effects of blast on personnel, with special reference to mortar shells, 29/8/42
- SZ/OEMU/51/3/17 - [Letter, C.G. Darwin to SZ, 2/10/42]
- SZ/OEMU/51/3/18-21 - Annexure 'A'. Paper and recommendations by Direct Air Support Sub-Committee, 2/10/42
- SZ/OEMU/51/3/22 - Amendments to report on army requirement for direct air support [undated]
- SZ/OEMU/51/3/23 - [Amendments to notes of a meeting of the Sub-Committee on Air Bombing in Direct Support of the Army, held on 25/11/42, 26/11/42]
- SZ/OEMU/51/3/24 - Report on the Army Requirement of the Royal Air Force for Direct Support in Battle, 30/11/42