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(Untitled), 24 Sep 1942 - 08 Oct 1942

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/57A/72-79

Scope and Contents

Letter from Eric Errington [including transcript] to WSC requesting that bombers be sent to stop the Germans attacking Stalingrad, as food convoys have reached the north of the Soviet Union; with reply from WSC on the impracticability of the mission, and 2 draft replies (1 satirical) from the Chief of Air Staff [Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal] and also notes and correspondence from the Air Ministry, John Martin [Private Secretary to WSC] and Lieutenant-General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to WSC].

Dates

  • Creation: 24 Sep 1942 - 08 Oct 1942

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Open

Language of Materials

English

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