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Olga Gray and the Woolwich Arsenal Spy Ring
In 1938, thanks to years of work by a remarkable female agent, MI5 ensured a package of British defence plans stayed secret.
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Gun turrets by Capt. Frazer Nash: secret patent no. 6343/32
Catalogue reference: AVIA 8/334
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This record is about the Gun turrets by Capt. Frazer Nash: secret patent no. 6343/32 dating from 1937 in the series Air Ministry and successors: Inventions, and Research and Development, Registered.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- AVIA 8/334
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1937
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Description (What the record is about)
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Gun turrets by Capt. Frazer Nash: secret patent no. 6343/32
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- S.40191
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1977238/
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AVIA 8
Air Ministry and successors: Inventions, and Research and Development, Registered...
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Gun turrets by Capt. Frazer Nash: secret patent no. 6343/32
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