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Operation "Backfire": report on the assembly, testing and filling of the German A4...
Catalogue reference: WO 231/22
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This record is about the Operation "Backfire": report on the assembly, testing and filling of the German A4... dating from 1945 Nov. in the series War Office: Directorate of Military Training, later Directorate of Army Training:.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945 Nov.
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Description (What the record is about)
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Operation "Backfire": report on the assembly, testing and filling of the German A4 rocket Vol 1
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- Printed
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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