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Welsh Office and predecessors: Plans of Airfields in Wales

Catalogue reference: BD 54

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BD 54

This series contains military survey maps amended to show details of Welsh airfields. The plans were based on existing Ordnance Survey maps but were unlikely to have been created by the Survey. Some plans contain details of plans for stripping...

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BD 54

Title
Welsh Office and predecessors: Plans of Airfields in Wales
Date

1937-1946

Description

This series contains military survey maps amended to show details of Welsh airfields. The plans were based on existing Ordnance Survey maps but were unlikely to have been created by the Survey. Some plans contain details of plans for stripping the airfields at the end of World War II.

The plans supplement information contained in the aerial photograph collection held in the Aerial Photography Unit at Cathays Park.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

19 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

In 2002 National Assembly for Wales

Subjects
Topics
Photography and film
Conflict
Maps and plans
Operations, battles and campaigns
Custodial history

The plans in this series were created by either the Air Ministry or the War Office and passed to the Ministry of Town and Country Planning after the War. With the establishment of the Welsh Office in 1964, the plans passed into its custody.

Accruals

No further accruals expected

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2830/

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