SZ/OEMU/53/1/27-28 - [Letter, SZ to R.C. May, 26/10/42]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/53/1/27-28

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, SZ to R.C. May, 26/10/42]

Date/s

1942

Quantity & Format

1 leaf Letters (typescript)

Subject

Underwater explosions

Creator

Zuckerman, Solly, 1904-1993

Creator

May, Robert Cyril,

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

SZ agrees that survivors of sea battles should float on their backs rather than tread water or float on their bellies. The reason being that the force of the depth charge on the surface is zero and increases with increasing depth.

Two copies.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/53 - [OEMU. Naval Casualties, 1942-1944]
    - SZ/OEMU/53/1 - [Naval casualties: correspondence with Surgeon Commander May, 1942-1944]
      - SZ/OEMU/53/1/27-28 - [Letter, SZ to R.C. May, 26/10/42]

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