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(6) Part of a map of the English Channel showing the south coast of England and the...
Catalogue reference: MPI 1/593
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This record is about the (6) Part of a map of the English Channel showing the south coast of England and the... dating from 1941 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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- MPI 1/593
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1941
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Description (What the record is about)
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(6) Part of a map of the English Channel showing the south coast of England and the north west coast of France with coloured, MS additions indicating a possible German invasion of England. Reference table to invasion zones, disembarkation areas and communication centres. Scale: 1 inch to 21 miles. Prepared by the Chief of Staff of the Spanish Army and the Spanish Air Force. (1)-(5) Comments by members of the Air Ministry including Wing Commander Charles Byron, who received the map from the United States Military Attaché in Madrid.
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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)
- IIG1/27
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- AIR 40/218
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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 and Spanish
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 35 cm x 53 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- (6) Photoreproduction; (1) and (3)-(5) typescript; (2) MS
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4047794/
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