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Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

FERNBANK, Wg Cdr E P M (1911-1985)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Fernbank

Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

Title: FERNBANK, Wg Cdr E P M (1911-1985)

Date(s): Created 1938-1944, 1971

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s):

CONTEXT

Administrative/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.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

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.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

1 file

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction:

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.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

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.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1987.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 1997


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Armed forces | State security
Log books | Documents | Information sources
Military intelligence | Warfare | Military engineering
Radar | Measuring instruments | Scientific equipment | Equipment
War | International conflicts
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
International relations
Military organizations
Military science

Personal names
Middlebrook | Martin | b 1932 | historian

Corporate names
RAF | Royal Air Force x Royal Air Force

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