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Employment of troops for long distance listening with sound mirrors. Includes 6 photographs...

Catalogue reference: AVIA 17/47

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This record is about the Employment of troops for long distance listening with sound mirrors. Includes 6 photographs... dating from 1932 in the series War Office: Air Defence Experimental Establishment: Reports. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
AVIA 17/47
Date
1932
Description

Employment of troops for long distance listening with sound mirrors.

Includes 6 photographs depicting: Air Defence Experimental Establishment - report on employment of troops for long distance listening with sound mirrors: map of mirror system; erection of mirrors and microplanes at Denge and Abbotscliff; enlarged view of microphones. Dated 1932.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
ADEE 77
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Labour
Army
Air Force
Maps and plans
Research
Armed Forces (General Administration)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2378509/

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AVIA 17

War Office: Air Defence Experimental Establishment: Reports

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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

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War Office: Air Defence Experimental Establishment: Reports

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