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RefNoKCC2/D/CD/1/199
AltRefNoFile no. 113
TitleParachute mines, unexploded bombs, high explosives, and incendiary bombs
DescriptionCircular from Eastern regional office, dated 4 September 1939 – Unexploded bombs and shells. Home Office circulars No. 239/1939 and No. 233/1939 – Disposal of unexploded bombs, and correspondence. Secret summary by Ministry of Home Security – Results of air raids up 11.7.40. Eastern regional circulars on disposal of unexploded bombs, guarding of unexploded bombs and circular letter on unexploded parachute mines. Notes from the air ministry on air raids, ground defences, fighter defences, warnings and attacks on Germany. Eastern regional office circular – Classification of unexploded bombs. Eastern regional office circular – New miniature bomb, also salvage of scrap metal, new anti-personnel bombs, unexploded anti-aircraft shells. Correspondence on unexploded parachute mines, small yellow unexploded bombs and other objects. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 300/1940, and notes on the detection and reporting of unexploded bombs and shells. Secret instructions and notes on the disposal of unexploded bombs and shells. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 43/1941 – Methods of dealing with incendiary bombs. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 57/1941 – Notes on the detection and reporting of unexploded bombs and shells with appendix. Eastern regional office circular – Objects dropped from the air, with Ministry of Home Security handbook, and circular from ARP officer to controllers on same subject. Eastern regional office secret circular – Small unexploded anti-personnel bombs. The rest of this file deals with various types of bombs and mines and their disposal.
DateApril 1941-August 1942
CreatorNameHuntingdonshire County Council
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives
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