Skip to main content

Missiles

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

 File

Correspondence about gunnery and missiles, 1946-03

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SMVL 9/7
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Papers comprising diaries, correspondence, official papers, lectures, articles, broadcasts and photographs
Also including papers of Commander John Somerville about his father, 1950-91

Dates: 1946-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Sub-Series

Press cuttings relating to guided missile establishments in the USA, 1954-06

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 4/6
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The material covers much of Lord Duncan-Sandys public life. Papers, reports and correspondence document the ministries in which he served and there are also constituency correspondence, speeches, publications, press cuttings and photographs. A number of papers exist relating to his involvement in the campaign to restore Capital Punishment, the European Movement and the Civic Trust.

Dates: 1954-06
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open to researchers. Information about closures can be obtained from Churchill Archives Centre.
 File

Research notebook and journal, 1953

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/STJN 1/1/1
Scope and Contents

Mainly comprising notes on Blue Jay, a short range air-to-air missile (later known as Fire Streak), and the SR 53 and SR 177 (also known as the P 177) delta wing supersonic aircraft.
With a loose list of questions for a projected visit to the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, 6 February 1953.

Dates: 1953
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. A small number of files are closed pending review and these closures are marked in the catalogue.