Item
29 Air-Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit (ASRMCU), Littlehampton (UK). With appendices
Catalogue reference: AIR 29/446/2
Date: 1942 May-1944 Sept
29 Air-Sea Rescue Marine Craft Unit (ASRMCU), Littlehampton (UK). With appendices
Item
56 Mobile Field Hospital, formed at Pershore in July 1944, later based at Down Ampney...
Catalogue reference: AIR 29/763/1
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This record is about the 56 Mobile Field Hospital, formed at Pershore in July 1944, later based at Down Ampney... dating from 1944 July-1948 Mar in the series Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Operations Record Books, Miscellaneous Units. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- AIR 29/763/1
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1944 July-1948 Mar
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Description (What the record is about)
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56 Mobile Field Hospital, formed at Pershore in July 1944, later based at Down Ampney (UK); moved to Digri (India) November 1944, then moved to Japan in March 1946 as British Commonwealth Air Hospital, Iwakuni; disbanded March 1948 (MFH BCAH). With appendices
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- IIM/FS42/1 and 1A
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Operations Record Books, Miscellaneous Units
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