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1 item extracted from ADM 1/2481. Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia): Sumatra (Sumatera)....
Catalogue reference: MF 1/76
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from ADM 1/2481. Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia): Sumatra (Sumatera).... dating from 1945 in the series Public Record Office: maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MF 1/76
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from ADM 1/2481. Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia): Sumatra (Sumatera). 'Investigation of Allied Planes lost in the Palembang Air-Raid (Date of Raid - 24th and 29th Jan 1945)': outline map of Palembang and its environs, showing territory southward to Tajungraja and Kayagung, southwest to Gelumbang and Lembak, and westward to Pangkalambulei and Lubuklancang, including the Komering and Musi Rivers. Key to places where planes were shot down, places where crew were taken as prisoners of war, and graves; reference notes on the operation and casualties. Compass indicator. A similar map of Muaradua and environs, further south-west, up the Komering River, is affixed to the face of the sheet. Originally filed with a list of naval airmen killed or missing in the Far East.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 65 cm x 100 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:100000
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11407590/
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