Record revealed
A dramatic plea for Churchill’s help from Bletchley Park
In 1941, four Government Code and Cypher School cryptanalysts, including Alan Turing, made a stunning appeal directly to Winston Churchill.
Series
Civil Aviation Authority: Chairman's Office: Records
Catalogue reference: DR 86
What's it about?
DR 86
This series contains records of the Chairman's Office, including records regarding the Flight Data Processing System (FDPS), and the Committee on the Regulation of Air Traffic Controller Hours (CRATCOH).
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DR 86
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Title (The name of the record)
- Civil Aviation Authority: Chairman's Office: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1964-1990
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Chairman's Office, including records regarding the Flight Data Processing System (FDPS), and the Committee on the Regulation of Air Traffic Controller Hours (CRATCOH).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 16 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2004 Civil Aviation Authority
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Air transport
- Computing
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6323/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
8,163 records
Within the department: DR
Records created or inherited by the Civil Aviation Authority
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Civil Aviation Authority: Chairman's Office: Records
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