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Automatic computer, type 53, 9000 stations: function and operational use
Catalogue reference: AVIA 26/1883
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- AVIA 26/1883
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1943
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Description (What the record is about)
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Automatic computer, type 53, 9000 stations: function and operational use
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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)
- G1/147
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2383475/
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AVIA 26
Ministry of Aviation, predecessors and successors: Royal Radar Establishment (later...
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