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2 items (originally illustrating a report on a mission to General Mihailovic and...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/553
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This record is about the 2 items (originally illustrating a report on a mission to General Mihailovic and... dating from 1941-1944 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MFQ 1/553
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1941-1944
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Description (What the record is about)
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2 items (originally illustrating a report on a mission to General Mihailovic and conditions in Yugoslavia, by Colonel S W Bailey, General Staff, April 1944) extracted from FO 371/44282. Europe: Balkans. 'Yugoslavia'. 2 maps of the same area: (1) showing the movements of British HQ Mission, December 1942 to January 1944; the route of Bailey's tour with Mihailovic, June-July 1943, Bailey's evacuation route, January-February 1944, the areas known to Bailey or other British personnel, 1941-1944 and areas unknown to Bailey's sources; (2) showing routes taken by Bailey, Major Greenlees, Captains Maynard and Boom, Major Greenwood, Captain Loft and Major Raw, 1943. Reference tables. Apparently based on OR 5422; printed at the War Office, April 1941. The maps show the whole of the former republic of Yugoslavia.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 32 cm x 42 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:2000000
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 358.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3983574/
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