Catalogue description II Corps General Staff (GS) Operations. Contains maps and photographs. Part I: Map:...

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Details of WO 167/148
Reference: WO 167/148
Description:

II Corps General Staff (GS) Operations.

Contains maps and photographs.

Part I:

Map: Lille 1:50,000 France and Belgium Sheet 63 with tracing overlay showing II Corps dispositions 1-29 November 1939.

Map: Lille-Ghent 1:250,000 North West Europe Sheet No 2 with hand annotations showing II Corps dispositions 1-29 November 1939.

II Corps 'Ops' Appendix BBB:

Box 1: Vertical aerial mosaic photographs issued by 2 Squadron, 2 November 1939. 'Map sheet 36: 679360 - 801356 & 792306 - 676301 Lille'. 'Lille to Forest sur Marque approx'. Serial numbers: B/24088 to B/24242. 149 vertical aerial photographs, 5000ft. 13 cm x 12 cm. Run letters: F 1-25; G 1-21; H 1-21; J 1-20; K 1-21; L 1-21; M 1-20 (two M7s but no M6).

Box 2: Vertical aerial mosaic photographs issued by 2 Squadron, 2-6 November 1939. 'Map sheet 36: Lille'. 181 vertical aerial photographs, 12 cm x 12 cm. Run letters: B 1-9 (5/11/1939 5,000ft); C 1-15 (2/11/1939 5,000ft); D 1-15 (2/11/1939 5,000ft); E 1-20 (2/11/1939 5,000ft); N 1-9 (6/11/1939 5,200ft); 0 1-7 (6/11/1939 5,200ft); P 1-9 (6/11/1939 5,200ft); Q 1-8 (6/11/1939 5,200ft); R 1-8 (6/11/1939 5,200ft); S 1-7 (6/11/1939 5,200ft); T 1-10 (5/11/1939 5,000ft); U 1-9 (5/11/1939 5,000ft); V 1-8 (5/11/1939 5,000ft); W 1-6 (5/11/1939 5,000ft); X 1-6 (5/11/1939 5,000ft); Y run missing. NX 1-11 (2/11/1939 5,000ft); OX 1-8 (2/11/1939 5,000ft); PX 1-7 (2/11/1939 5,000ft); QX 1-4 (2/11/1939 5,000ft); RX 1-3 (2/11/1939 5,000ft); SX 1-2 (2/11/1939 5,000ft).

Appendices to war diary: 1 - 31 October 1939 contains hand tracing of II Corps area and dispositions12 - 31 October 1939, 1/250,000 sheet 2.

Includes 230 photographs depicting: Aerial reconnaissance photographs ( mosaic - can be put together) of Lille region, France (2nd Corps BEF). Dated 1939.

Date: 1939 Sept-1940 May
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Access conditions: Closed Until 1986
Record opening date: 06 October 1986

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