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Southern Europe: two fighter units bombed out of airfields in Rome area, to withdraw...

Catalogue reference: HW 1/2026

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This record is about the Southern Europe: two fighter units bombed out of airfields in Rome area, to withdraw... dating from 1943 Sept 21 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 1/2026

Date

1943 Sept 21

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Southern Europe: two fighter units bombed out of airfields in Rome area, to withdraw to northern Italy, Sept 19; German Embassy, Rome, attacked with machine guns and grenades on Sept 17; Bastia harbour, Corsica, to be made ready for complete destruction, Sept 21.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

c/4412

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