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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.
Series
Ministry of Civil Aviation and Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation: Accidents...
Catalogue reference: BT 219
What's it about?
BT 219
This series consists of files raised by the Accidents Investigation Branch when part of the Ministry of Civil Aviation or Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, concerning civil accidents occurring in the United Kingdom.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 219
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Civil Aviation and Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation: Accidents Investigation Branch (AI/CA Series Files)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1948-1963
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of files raised by the Accidents Investigation Branch when part of the Ministry of Civil Aviation or Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, concerning civil accidents occurring in the United Kingdom.
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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)
- AI/C file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Aviation, Accidents Investigation Branch, 1959-1967
- Ministry of Civil Aviation, Accidents Investigation Branch, 1946-1953
- Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Accidents Investigation Branch, 1953-1959
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 289 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3256/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: BT
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Ministry of Civil Aviation and Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation: Accidents Investigation Branch (AI/CA Series Files)
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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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