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Originally Posted by Nick Beale
Is anyone in this discussion referring to the National Archives online catalogue? Obviously it doesn't offer certainty as to files' content (only visiting and doing the reading will really do that) but I'd have thought it would eliminate some of the conjecture in this thread.
As I said the AHB 6 microfilms I saw at the IWM contained material in German; the AIR20 files I mentioned are in a sequence entitled "GERMAN (OR ENEMY) AIR OFFENSIVE AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN (Code 45): Translations from Captured Enemy Documents."
I haven't noticed any duplication between the two but neither have I read everything in both sets of material, I was following up specific lines of enquiry. The IWM microfilms for example include the KTB of Stab JG 77 which I spent a very long time translating into English, something I probably wouldn't have done if I'd found an English version first.
By the way, you'll find ADI(K) No. 351/1945 at Kew on AIR 40/2423. |
Nick, as usual, you have a good point. My friend was looking at the duplicate issue in the first instance, but of course he and I are well aware of the online catalogue. The issue that arises is one of file summaries. The AIR20 file you refer to is relatively straightforward, but how did you link the ADI(K) report and the AIR40 file? Is that your own previous experience of reading the file, or a better method of searching?
I am sorry to hear about your wasted effort, which I assume means that you didn't have the IWM AHB 6 catalogue. The curator dealing with my friend's request very kindly provided that to him.