| Title |
United States Strategic Bombing Survey, British Bombing Survey Unit |
| Reference |
NK/6 |
| Covering Dates |
1939–1973 |
| Extent and Medium |
25 boxes; paper |
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| Content and context |
United States Strategic Bombing Survey has been abbreviated throughout this section of the catalogue to USSBS; British Bombing Survey Unit has been abbreviated to BBSU. |
| King's/PP/NK/6 contains: |
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1
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Letter of appointment. Typed letter of appointment from H. C. Alexander of USSBS. 1 sheet in envelope; paper. |
28 Feb. 1945 |
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2
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Diary. Autograph manuscript diary kept by NK in Germany. 1 notebook in envelope; paper. |
3 May 1945–17 May 1945 |
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3
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Papers relating to work for USSBS. The files include interrogation reports, field operation reports, notes on procedure for road and personal accidents, curfew, treatment of aliens, blackout and air raid precautions. 3 envelopes; paper. |
May 1945-June 1945 |
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4
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Reports of interrogations at Nuremberg and elsewhere. 2 envelopes; paper. |
1945–1946 |
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5
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'Field Team Instructions'. 1 file in envelope; paper. |
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6
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Photographs of German war documents. 1 bundle; paper. |
May 1946 |
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7
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'BBSU reports'. The file contains a copy typescript 'The effect of the Allied air offensive on steel production in the Ruhr' and a copy typescript The total effects of the air war on Germany's armament production'. 1 folder in envelope; paper. |
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8
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'BBSU towns panel report appendices'. The file contains typescript appendices A-Q on the effect of Allied bombing on German economy and morale, 1941-5. 1 file in envelope; paper. |
1945–1946 |
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9
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'German armaments prices'. The file comprises statistics, 1939-45. The file is marked A10. 1 file in envelope; paper. |
1946 |
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10
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'British armaments index and types-prices'. The file, marked B1, contains statistics 1939-45, and notes. 1 file in envelope; paper. |
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11
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'Comparative indices Britain and Germany'. The file, marked B6, contains an incomplete typescript 'German armaments production, 1941-1944'; and a table of money value of certain German aircraft, 1939-43. 1 file in envelope; paper. |
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12
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'Quarterly output of German armaments tables'. The file contains a document entitled 'Graph of German output of each group and sub group of armaments', 1940-5. 2 files in envelope; paper. |
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13
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'Potential and actual output of German armaments in relation to the combined bomber offensive'. The file comprises a printed memorandum by BBSU. 1 booklet in envelope; paper. |
Nov. 1946 |
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14
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'Germany basic handbook economic survey section K armaments and munitions'. Printed booklet by BBSU. 1 booklet in envelope; paper. |
May 1945 |
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15
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'BBSU and Sir Charles Webster, Sir S. Zuckerman and Mr T. Harrison'. The file contains correspondence concerning a history of the air war, and a typescript 'The Second World War 1939-1945. RAF: the planning of the bombing offensive and its contribution to German collapse', by Noble Frankland, 1951 (this forms part of the larger history authored by Charles Webster). 1 file and 1 volume in envelope; paper. |
1958–1973 |
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16
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Ministry of Supply statistics of war production in the USA and British Empire. 2 booklets in envelope; paper. |
1939–1945 |