Target index card (in German language) listing details of potential targets at the Gloster Aircraft Company Limited in Hucclecote and Brockworth (Luftwaffe target GB7416)

Date:: Oct 1940

Location:: Gloster Aircraft Factory, Hucclecote, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire; Show all locations

Gloster Aircraft Factory, Brockworth, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire

Reference:: LFT01/03/04

Type:: Record Sheet/Form

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Description

The index sheet is numbered GB7416; this is the specific number given to this particular bombing target. It gives details of the targets and the reasons for the it being targetted. Other information recorded includes: Section 3; sizes of targets, and function, aircraft produced. Section 4; local enemy defences. Section 5; local orientation landscape features to help pinpoint targets. Section 6; details of supporting photography, interpretation and mapping.

Content

This is part of the Volume: LFT01/03 Luftwaffe target number GB7416: Hucclecote, Gloucestershire; within the Collection: LFT01 Luftwaffe Aerial Collection (Wakefield)

Rights

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Keywords

Early 20th Century Aircraft Factory, Second World War