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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.
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Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MOTCA): Civil Aviation Directorate technical...
Catalogue reference: DR 37/133
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1959
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Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MOTCA): Civil Aviation Directorate technical trials of Pye (subsequently type CA.1000) glidepath equipment March 1956 to July 1958 by G J Trail AMIEE. Missing at transfer
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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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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