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V2 rockets

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

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Official files relating to German Long Range rocket, 1943-04 - 1943-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 2/4
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: 1943-04 - 1943-12
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.
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Official files relating to German V weapons, 1943 - 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 2/3
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: 1943 - 1945
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.
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Papers relating to, inter alia, V weapons, 1964 - 1973

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 2/10
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: 1964 - 1973
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.
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Papers relating to the V1 and V2, 1941 - 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 2/13
Scope and Contents

Includes Proceedings at Court of Enquiry held at Lavernock House, Lavernock, on 28 April 1941 into injury sustained by Sandys while serving in HM Forces, 1941; "Papers about release of scientists from Ministry of Supply to go to USA to work on development of atomic bomb", 1944; and personal correspondence relating to flying bombs, August-September 1944

Dates: 1941 - 1944
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

Photograph album of test firing of V2 rockets in Germany, 1945

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CNDN 10
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Photographs of subjects including air defences, wireless equipment and V2 rockets and a letter on the Blitz, 1940.

Dates: 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 File

Photographs of test firing of V2 rockets in Germany, 1945

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CNDN 11
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Photographs of subjects including air defences, wireless equipment and V2 rockets and a letter on the Blitz, 1940.

Dates: 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Press cuttings, 1940-46, 1940 - 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 2/14
Scope and Contents

Includes file relating to "V-Weapons", 1944

Dates: 1940 - 1946
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

Press cuttings about test firing of V2 rockets in Germany, 1945

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CNDN 12
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Photographs of subjects including air defences, wireless equipment and V2 rockets and a letter on the Blitz, 1940.

Dates: 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.