Piece
BONIFACE, see HW 1/3740
Catalogue reference: HW 1/3743
Date: 1945 May 1
BONIFACE, see HW 1/3740
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South Europe: Allied raid on GAF Comiso airfield, July 8; Allied raids on Sicily,...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/1809
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This record is about the South Europe: Allied raid on GAF Comiso airfield, July 8; Allied raids on Sicily,... dating from 1943 July 9 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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HW 1/1809
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1943 July 9
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Description (What the record is about)
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South Europe: Allied raid on GAF Comiso airfield, July 8; Allied raids on Sicily, July 8; no damage during Allied raid, July 8; 17 raids on GAF Comiso, July 8; Allied raids cause heavy damage to Catania, July 8; GAF units to transfer from Sicily to mainland, July 8; Italian Admiralty orders aircraft to carry out anti-submarine patrols, July 8; GAF evacuate stocks of aircraft torpedoes and bomb-mines from Sicily and Sardinia, July 7; ammunition from ship to be unloaded on Sardinia, remainder to be returned to Italy, July 7; ammunition to be flown from Sicily and Sardinia, July 8; state of alarm on Sicily cancelled, July 8; German ground situation report up to July 5, enemy order of battle, British 1st Airborne Division moving; Allied convoy sighted, July 8; GAF to make sea reconnaissance for convoy on July 9; GAF report convoy, July 8
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- c/3805
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- Open Document, Open Description
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