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1 item (originally illustrating a report on a glider exercise by 437 Group of IX...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/1371
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This record is about the 1 item (originally illustrating a report on a glider exercise by 437 Group of IX... dating from 1940-[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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MFQ 1/1371
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940-[1944]
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (originally illustrating a report on a glider exercise by 437 Group of IX Troop Carrier Command, and 01 Airborne Division, United States Army, 18 April 1944) extracted from AIR 37/465. Sussex. Ordnance Survey one-inch Fifth Edition style England and Wales sheet 133 'Chichester and Worthing': map of the coast between Selsey Bill and Shoreham-by-Sea, and areas inland to Midhurst and West Grinstead. Key to neighbouring sheets; reference notes on altitudes and magnetic variation. Compass indicator; War Office black Cassini grid. Second War Revision 1940; published at the War Office, 1941. MS addition, coloured, showing an area of glider landings to the east of Pulborough. A larger scale diagrammatic plan of the landing area remains at the parent reference.
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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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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- GSGS 3907
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 54 cm x 71 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:63360
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3984392/
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MFQ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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Within the series: MFQ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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