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Air Ministry: Central Bomber Establishment: Reports

Catalogue reference: AIR 63

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AIR 63

Papers in this series are reports illustrating the type of trials of equipment, tactics and aircraft (Lincolns, Lancasters and Mosquitos) on which the establishment was engaged or reports on overseas liaison visits to Allied air forces made by...

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AIR 63

Title
Air Ministry: Central Bomber Establishment: Reports
Date

1946-1950

Description

Papers in this series are reports illustrating the type of trials of equipment, tactics and aircraft (Lincolns, Lancasters and Mosquitos) on which the establishment was engaged or reports on overseas liaison visits to Allied air forces made by C.B.E. staff.

Related material

Records of the Bomber Command can be found in AIR 14

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Air Ministry, Central Bomber Establishment, 1945-1949
Physical description

62 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure

Administrative / biographical background

A Central Bomber Establishment was formed at RAF Marham on 25 September 1945 to meet the requirements of bomber training and tactics of the Royal Air Force. On 14 April 1949 it moved to Lindholme, where it was disbanded on 5 December 1949.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2118/

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