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North Africa: Tunis Air Corps' combat plans, Apr 23/24; Tunis Air Corps' aircraft...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/1631
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This record is about the North Africa: Tunis Air Corps' combat plans, Apr 23/24; Tunis Air Corps' aircraft... dating from 1943 Apr 24 in the series Government Code and Cypher School: Signals Intelligence Passed to the Prime Minister,.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HW 1/1631
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1943 Apr 24
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North Africa: Tunis Air Corps' combat plans, Apr 23/24; Tunis Air Corps' aircraft return, Apr 23, 115 aircraft serviceable.
German Air Ministry: circular of Apr 13, breakdowns in aircraft production had lead to certain GAF fighter types being sent to units without or with only partial armour plating, cockpit diagrams would indicate where armour was missing.
North Africa: combat plans for Tunis Air Corps for night of Apr 23/24, 50-60 aircraft to attack Allied forces in vicinity of front line in Medjez El Bab area; GAF torpedo aircraft at increased readiness to attack Allied naval forces in Strait of Sicily, Apr 22.
Russian Front: GAF combat plans for Apr 24, including air strikes against the Soviet bridgehead at Novorossijsk and Black Sea harbour at Batumi.
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c/3078
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