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Trial 324: Part 1, suitability of the Shackleton maritime reconnaissance (MR) aircraft...
Catalogue reference: AIR 65/460
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This record is about the Trial 324: Part 1, suitability of the Shackleton maritime reconnaissance (MR) aircraft... dating from 1953 Jan 01-1953 Dec 31 in the series Air Ministry: Coastal Command Development Unit, later Air Sea Warfare Development.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- AIR 65/460
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1953 Jan 01-1953 Dec 31
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Trial 324: Part 1, suitability of the Shackleton maritime reconnaissance (MR) aircraft as a launching platform for Glow-Worm rocket projected flares and subsequent depth charge attack
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- ASWDU Report 4/53 Part 1
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