SZ/OEMU/52/2/11 - Air attacks on railways, January 1941

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/52/2/11

Level of description

Item

Title

Air attacks on railways, January 1941

Date/s

1941

Quantity & Format

2 leaves

Subject

Railways -- Bombing, Aerial

Creator

Great Britain. Air Ministry. Director of Air Tactics.

Scope and content

BC 39

Discusses stick bombing, angles and heights of bomb release. The types of bombs used by the Germans are described, these include delayed action bombs and high explosive bombs. Two pages are devoted to lessons learnt from enemy bombing of railway targets.

SZ/OEMU/52/2/11

Attached to [SZ/OEMU/52/2/10].

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/52 - [Air Ministry Bombing Committee, 1941-1943]
    - SZ/OEMU/52/2 - [Air Ministry Bombing Committee: Miscellaneous reports, 1941-1943]
      - SZ/OEMU/52/2/11 - Air attacks on railways, January 1941

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