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2 items (illustrating the military situation in which Walter Tonge and Flight Sergeant...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/1090
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This record is about the 2 items (illustrating the military situation in which Walter Tonge and Flight Sergeant... dating from [1944-1945] 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 1/1090
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1944-1945]
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2 items (illustrating the military situation in which Walter Tonge and Flight Sergeant R Rigby's aeroplane came down, and used as exhibits in war crime investigations of the pilots' deaths, 1945) extracted from WO 309/96. France. (1) Outline map of the coast of Brittany from Pont L'Abbe to Concarneau and inland to to Quimper showing shore defences 30 June 1944. Towns, batteries and guns are also shown. (2) 'Annexe 12': map of the Breton coast in the area of Point Mousterlin. Towns, roads, the Chateau Malahott, German guns, the location where Tonge and Rigby's plane came down and the positions of witnesses are also shown. Compass indicators. Scales: (1) scale not shown; (2) 1 inch to 0.66 nautical mile. Dimensions of sheets: (1) 16.5 cm x 20 cm; (2) 37 cm x 34 cm.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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