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- Created 1938-1944, 1971 (Creation)
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1 file
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Born in 1911; served with No 166 Sqn, 1938-1940, and with radar intelligence units No 109 Sqn, 1941-1942, No 1474 Flight, 1942-1943, and No 192 Sqn, 1943-1944; Wg Cdr, 1947; retired, 1958; died in 1985.
Archival history
GB 0099 KCLMA Fernbank Created 1938-1944, 1971 Collection (fonds) 1 file
Born in 1911; served with No 166 Sqn, 1938-1940, and with radar intelligence units No 109 Sqn, 1941-1942, No 1474 Flight, 1942-1943, and No 192 Sqn, 1943-1944; Wg Cdr, 1947; retired, 1958; died in 1985.
Presented to the Centre by the family in 1987.
Copies of papers relating to his life and career, 1938-1945, dated 1938-1944, 1971, comprising two flying log books, Jan 1938-Jun 1944; letter to Martin Middlebrook concerning Fernbank's RAF service during World War Two, with particular reference to his involvement in radar intelligence, written in 1971.
1 file
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
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Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, anddetailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
Feb 1997 Equipment Armed forces Documents Information sources International conflicts International relations Log books Measuring instruments Middlebrook , Martin , b 1932 , historian Military engineering Military intelligence Military organizations Organizations Radar RAF , Royal Air Force x Royal Air Force Scientific equipment State security War Warfare World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events) Military science Social sciences
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Presented to the Centre by the family in 1987.
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Copies of papers relating to his life and career, 1938-1945, dated 1938-1944, 1971, comprising two flying log books, Jan 1938-Jun 1944; letter to Martin Middlebrook concerning Fernbank's RAF service during World War Two, with particular reference to his involvement in radar intelligence, written in 1971.
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1 file
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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, anddetailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
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- State security » Armed forces
- Documents
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- International conflicts
- International relations
- Scientific equipment » Measuring instruments
- Military engineering
- Organizations
- Scientific equipment » Measuring instruments » Radar
- Scientific equipment
- State security
- International conflicts » War
- Military engineering » Warfare
- Social sciences
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- English