NEILSON, Lt Col Ian Godfrey (b 1918)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0099 KCLMA Neilson |
Held at | : Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma › |
Full title | : NEILSON, Lt Col Ian Godfrey (b 1918) |
Date(s) | : Created [1994] |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 file |
Name of creator(s) | : |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born in 1918; educated at Glasgow Academy and Glasgow University; trained as a solicitor, Glasgow, 1935-1939; served in Territorial Army, 1938; served with Air Observation Post, 1941-1944; commanded B Flight, No 652 Air Observation Post Sqn, RAF, Normandy, Jun 1944; Lt Col commanding War Crimes Investigation Unit, Germany, 1945-1946; formed and commanded No 666 Scottish Sqn, Royal Auxiliary Air Force, 1948-1953.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
'The Air Observation Post in Normandy, June 1944', a typescript article on his service with B Flight, No 652 Air Observation Post Sqn, RAF, Jun-Jul 1944, and a copy of The Army Air Corps Journal, 1994, including a cut and illustrated version of the article.
Access & 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.
Finding aids:
Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to the Centre by Neilson in 1994.
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Date(s) of descriptions:
Feb 1997
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