SZ/OEMU/58/1/2/171 - [Letter, John Davies to J.W.B. Douglas, 29/1/44]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/58/1/2/171

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, John Davies to J.W.B. Douglas, 29/1/44]

Date/s

1944

Quantity & Format

1 leaf Letters (typescript)

Personal name

Shipman, F. L.
Duncan, [---?], (of the Inspector General's Department)

Subject

Air raid shelters
United Kingdom. Ministry of Aircraft Production. Royal Aircraft Establishment.

Creator

Davies, John

Creator

Douglas, J. W. B.

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Refers to a shelter fitted with a metal tube in which is placed a list of all shelter occupants during alerts. The shelter is based at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough. Captain Duncan of the Inspector General's Department has informed Davies that the shelter is the only one of its kind he knows of. Mentions Shipman.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/58 - [OEMU. Casualty Survey IV - General papers]
    - SZ/OEMU/58/1 - [OEMU. Casualty Survey IV - General papers. Correspondence]
      - SZ/OEMU/58/1/2 - [Correspondence with the Ministry of Home Security - Research and Experiments Department, Princes Risborough]
        SZ/OEMU/58/1/2/171 - [Letter, John Davies to J.W.B. Douglas, 29/1/44]

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