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Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light
The government tried to keep the details of the Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster of 1943 private – but a court case brought the terrible story to light.
Series
Department of Transport and successors: Air Traffic Division and predecessors: Registered...
Catalogue reference: LM 6
What's it about?
LM 6
The records in this series relate to policy work in respect of air traffic management.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- LM 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Transport and successors: Air Traffic Division and predecessors: Registered Files (APF Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1986-2004
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records in this series relate to policy work in respect of air traffic management.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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These records are arranged in chronological and prefix order
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Related files within the AP prefix can be found in BT 384
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- APF
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department for Transport, 2002-2002
- Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1997-2001
- Department of Transport, 1976-1997
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 373 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Department for Transport , from 2017
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Transport management
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Department of Transport, 1986-1997; Department of the Environment, Transport and Regions 1998-2001.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1986 onwards
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- These files have been selected in accordance with the detailed guidance for this prefix laid down in Operation Selection Policy 26.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The files within this series, under the APF prefix, were not amassed as a collection until the early 1990s.
The departmental responsibility for these records is defined as follows:
Department of Transport:
1986-1987: Department of Transport: Aviation, International and Finance: Civil Aviation Policy Directorate: Division 2.
1988-1992: Department of Transport: Aviation, Shipping and International: Civil Aviation Policy Directorate: Division 2.
1993: Department of Transport: Aviation, Shipping and International: International Aviation Directorate: Division 6.
1994: Department of Transport: International Aviation Directorate: Division 4.
1995: Department of Transport: Aviation, Shipping and International: Economics Aviation, Martime and International Division.
1996: Department of Transport: Aviation Group: Economic Aviation, Maritime and International Division.
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions:
1997: Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions: Aviation Group: Economics, Maritime and International Division.
1998: Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions: Railways, Shipping and Aviation: Aviation Group: Civil Aviation Division.
1999-2001: Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions: Railways, Aviation Logistics and Maritime: Air Traffic Division.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14717799/
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Department of Transport and successors: Air Traffic Division and predecessors: Registered Files (APF Series)
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The Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster
On one tragic night in March 1943 in Bethnal Green, East London, 173 people lost their lives taking shelter from German bombing as the air raid sirens sounded.
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