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Prisoners of War: Instructions and methods of escape. Includes 1 photograph depicting:...
Catalogue reference: AIR 14/461
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This record is about the Prisoners of War: Instructions and methods of escape. Includes 1 photograph depicting:... dating from 1939 Dec-1940 Nov in the series Air Ministry: Bomber Command: Registered Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- AIR 14/461
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939 Dec-1940 Nov
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoners of War: Instructions and methods of escape. Includes 1 photograph depicting: British prisoners of war at castle in Hessen, taken from Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung. Dated 1940.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- IIH/258/1/385A 5G/S591/AIR
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Air Ministry: Bomber Command: Registered Files
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