Focus on
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 Successors: Overseas Accidents Investigation (AI/CA...
Catalogue reference: BT 220
What's it about?
BT 220
This series consists of files raised by the Accident Investigation Branch when part of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, concerning accidents occurring overseas.
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 220
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Civil Aviation and Successors: Overseas Accidents Investigation (AI/CA Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1946-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of files raised by the Accident Investigation Branch when part of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, concerning accidents occurring overseas.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For Air Registration Board and Civil Aviation Authority accident files see DR 11
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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/CA 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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- Board of Trade, Accidents Investigation Branch, 1967-1970
- Department of Trade and Industry, Accidents Investigation Branch, 1970-1974
- 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)
- 244 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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/C3257/
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Ministry of Civil Aviation and Successors: Overseas Accidents Investigation (AI/CA Series) Files
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Focus on
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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