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4 maps showing the distribution of Free Barrage Balloon sites: (4) covering Liverpool,...

Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/1355/4-7

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This record is about the 4 maps showing the distribution of Free Barrage Balloon sites: (4) covering Liverpool,... dating from [1941] in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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MFQ 1/1355/4-7
Date
[1941]
Description

4 maps showing the distribution of Free Barrage Balloon sites: (4) covering Liverpool, Lancashire, and Birkenhead, Cheshire; (5) covering Runcorn, Cheshire; (6) covering Crewe, Cheshire; (7) covering Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, and Immingham, Lincolnshire. Reference tables to the suitability of the sites in different wind conditions. Based on the Ordnance Survey one-inch [?Fifth Edition], England and Wales: (4) sheet 35; (5) sheets 35-36 and 43-44, (6) sheets 44 and 52; (7) sheet 33. Dimensions: (4) 30 cm x 24 cm; (5) 120 cm x 26 cm; (6) 26 cm x 21 cm; (7) 33 cm x 39 cm. Originally illustrating a reconnaissance report by Number 33 Group, Royal Air Force, 28 July 1941.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Map scale
1:63360
Physical condition
MS, coloured, on tracing cloth
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8955937/

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4 maps showing the distribution of Free Barrage Balloon sites: (4) covering Liverpool,...

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