Private Papers of Major J Gray

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Ts report, ts letters, drawings and diagrams, concerning large scale static camouflage for ordnance factories, petrol dumps, army installations and other large scale establishments, and in particular on the use of painted steel wool to simulate grass which he developed first as a private individual, 1935 - 1938, then as a Camouflage Draughtsman employed by the Camouflage Committee of the RE and Signals Board, 1938 - 1939, and finally as a Major in the RE Camouflage section 1939 - 1946; together with correspondence and testimonials he produced as evidence to prove his claim to be the inventor of this particular type of camouflage technique, 1946 - 1952.

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Cataloguer PJT

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Catalogue date 1983-08

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Category: Private papers
Related period: Interwar (content), Second World War (content), 1945-1989 (content)
Creator: Gray, Joseph
Dimensions: whole: 1 Box and 1 Outsized
Catalogue number: Documents.4273

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Private Papers of Major J Gray

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