Report on RAF Coastal Command's Last Patrol, June 1945

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Air Ministry Flight Forecast folder containing details of the last weather forecast of the war prepared by Flight Lieutenant F J Ayres as Duty Meteorological Officer, RAF Castle Archdale, Northern Ireland on 3 June 1945 and a duplicated ts report (1p) on the last patrol of Coastal Command on 4 June 1945.

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Catalogue date 1987-01-22

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Category: Private papers
Related period: Second World War (content)
Creator: Ayres, Frederick Jack
Production date: 1945-06
Dimensions: whole: 1 File
Catalogue number: Documents.8373

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Royal Air Force, Station, Castle Archdale
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