Document Title: Operational Research in Bomber Command

Author(s): Basil Dickins

Date(s): Not Dated.

Document Type/Physical Description: Type-written manuscript, 622 pgs.

Fonds/Collection Name: Ronnie Shephard Fonds

Series: Operational Research and Strategic Bombing

File/Box Number: Box 2

Original Archival Reference: N/A

Item Description: This is a draft manuscript of a lengthy report compiled by the RAF Bomber Command Operational Research Section, probably some time in 1945. The report was authored by Dr. Basil Dickins, a rising star in the field of physics who served as Section head during the war. Using a thematic approach it explores in excellent detail the challenges inherent in strategic bombing, making it a valuable source for both historians of air power and those studying Europe in the Second World War.

Keywords: Bomber Command; Operational Research; Operations; Technique; Bombing; Navigation

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