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Result Book of tests at Nant-y-Gro Dam and on models in connection with "Dam Busters...
Catalogue reference: AVIA 10/369
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This record is about the Result Book of tests at Nant-y-Gro Dam and on models in connection with "Dam Busters... dating from 1942 in the series Air Ministry and Ministry of Aircraft Production: Miscellaneous Unregistered Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- AVIA 10/369
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1942
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Description (What the record is about)
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Result Book of tests at Nant-y-Gro Dam and on models in connection with "Dam Busters Raid" 1943: Vol II.
Includes 122 photographs depicting: Tests on gravity models of Nant-y-Gro and Mohne dams in preparation for Dambusters raid. Dated 1941-1942.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- manuscript and photographs
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- The National Archives, Kew
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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/C3383295/
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AVIA 10
Air Ministry and Ministry of Aircraft Production: Miscellaneous Unregistered Papers
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