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Target map for Hanau, 1944
Archives, In Storage, AC97/104/8
This target map of Hanau was issued in 1944. Maps like this were prepared for many German cities and were used to help RAF bomber crews identify particular targets during their attacks as part of the strategic air offensive in the Second World War.
Target map for Nuremburg, 1944
Archives, In Storage, AC97/104/7
This target map of Nuremburg was issued in 1944. Maps like this were prepared for many German cities and were used to help RAF bomber crews identify particular targets during their attacks as part of the strategic air offensive in the Second World War.
Target map for Heligoland, 1943
Archives, In Storage, AC97/104/11
This target map of Heligoland was issued in 1943. Maps like this were prepared, and used, to help RAF bomber crews identify particular targets during their attacks as part of the strategic air offensive in the Second World War.
Target map for Kiel, 1943
Archives, In Storage, AC97/104/10
This target map of Kiel was issued in 1943. Maps like this were prepared for many German cities and were used to help RAF bomber crews identify particular targets during their attacks as part of the strategic air offensive in the Second World War. Kiel's docks and Submarine construction facilities are marked on the map.
Envelope labelled "Mr Chew - just a personal and private matter between men"
Archives, In Storage, X003-1037/007/002/002
The text "Mr Chew - just a personal and private matter" is typed while the words "between men" are handwritten in ink. The envelope was labelled by Mr Horrocks for the attention of Mr Chew so as not to upset Mrs Chew.
Wedding cake doll lucky charm
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 85/C/406
Air Gunner Jim Chapman hung his wedding cake charm from the gunsight of his Lancaster while on operations. He was shot down on 21 February 1944 but managed to grab his mascot before baling out.
Eden Hotel, Berlin by Julius Stafford-Baker, graphite and watercolour on paper
Fine Art, 1945, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1809
During Germany’s Weimar Republic (1918-1933), Berlin’s elegant Eden Hotel was a hub for artists, writers and actors, but later became a meeting place for Nazi party officials. In November 1943 the hotel was destroyed in RAF Bomber Command’s devastating Battle of Berlin campaign.
Target map for Hamburg, 1943
Archives, In Storage, AC97/104/9
This target map of Hamburg was issued in 1943. Maps like this were prepared for many German cities and were used to help RAF bomber crews identify particular targets during their attacks as part of the strategic air offensive in the Second World War. On this map shipyards and submarine slips are clearly marked.
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- Germany, Bombing of, 1939-1945
- Overlord, 1944 June [9]
- Thunderclap, 1945 [6]
- Exodus, 1945 [3]
- Germany, Attacks on, 1939-1945 [3]
- United Kingdom, Bombing of, 1939-1945 [3]
- Cold War, 1946-1989 [2]
- France, Attacks on, 1939-1945 [2]
- Manna, 1945 (Netherlands) [2]
- Millennium, 1942 [2]