WW2/AR/C2/244

Agenda papers including, amongst other things: - report of County Training Officer; - communications with Ministry of Home Security regarding: appointment of S.Ball as Air Raid Precautions Engineering Assistant, Bedford Borough; release of basement of 64 Harpur Street, Bedford as Wardens' Post; preservation of records; Civil Defence Industrial Bulletin No.14 - Notes on Flying Bomb Attacks; German SD4 bombs; publication of information on air raids on this country; Civil Defence Artists post war plans; reduction in Civil Defence personnel; functions for women members of Civil Defence and kindred services; siren at Skefco works, Sundon; relinquishment of Rescue Party Depot at Summerfield & Son's Yard, 140 High Street South, Dunstable; - reinstatement of windows at St.Peter's First Aid Point to provide extra light for the treatment of scabies; - relinquishment of room at 51 de Parys Avenue, Bedford as Wardens' Post; - Scheme for relaxation of Civil Defence duties and reduction of whole-time personnel; - communications with Ministry of Health regarding: Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1944; organised return of unaccompanied children to certain evacuation areas; Government Evacuation Scheme Christmas arrangements 1944; equipment for occupational therapy; Hostel for Difficult Children at 19 Downs Road, Luton; - continuance of Parish Invasion Committees no longer necessary; - appointment of Mrs. H.Mansfield as Warden of County Evacuation Hostel for Boys, Luton; - WVS Clothing Depot at 38 Church Street, Ampthill; - crash of Mosquito bomber at Little Staughton and complaints that RAF Little Staughton security clamp down led to confusion and unnecessary work; - list of crashed aircraft in East Bedfordshire Area, as follows: * Hudson bomber at Grove Farm, Northill - crew of four killed - 2 Apr 1942; * American Thunderbolt fighter at Eaton Ford - pilot killed - 15 Apr 1943; * Halifax bomber from RAF Tempsford at Arlesey Brickworks - crew of 9 killed - 19 Dec 1943; * Hudson bomber from RAF Tempsford on Stotfold to Arlesey road - crew of 4 killed - 28 Mar 1944; * Mosquito bomber from RAF Henlow at Cockayne Hatley - crew of 2 killed - 31 Mar 1944; * Mosquito bomber at Everton - crew of 2 killed - 7 May 1944; * Mosquito fighter at Tetworth Hall - crew of 2 killed, I civilian killed and 2 injured - 28 May 1944; * Avro Auster reconnaissance plane at Hitchin Street, Biggleswade - pilot injured - 30 May 1944; * Halifax bomber from RAF Tempsford at Sandy Hills, Sandy - crew of 7 saved but 1 seriously injured - 2 Jun 1944; * American Mustang fighter at Eyeworth - pilot killed - 8 Jun 1944; * American Liberator bomber at Bushmead, Eaton Socon - 3 crew killed, 3 crew injured - 28 Jun 1944; * Wellington bomber at Sewerage Farm, Stotfold - crew of 6 uninjured - 14 Jul 1944; * Mosquito night fighter at Park Farm, Old Warden - crew of 2 killed and 1 civilian injured - 26 Aug 1944; * Stirling bomber from RAF Tempsford at Potton - crew of 5 killed - 19 Oct 1944; * Mosquito bomber at College Farm, Little Staughton - crew of 2 killed - 19 Oct 1944.

1 Nov 1944

From: 1944 To: 1944

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Women's Voluntary Service,
Ball, S.,
Mansfield, H.

Ministry of Home Security, Bedford Borough, civil defence, air raids over UK, artists, Ministry of Health, evacuees, military aircraft, air force aerodromes, RAF, Northill Grove Farm, Stotfold Sewerage Farm, Old Warden Park Farm, Little Staughton College Farm, invasion committees, BEDFORD, BEDFORDSHIRE, SUNDON, DUNSTABLE, LUTON, AMPTHILL, Little Staughton, NORTHILL, Eaton Ford, ARLESEY, STOTFOLD, Cockayne Hatley, EVERTON, BIGGLESWADE, SANDY, EYEWORTH, Bushmead, EATON SOCON, Old Warden, POTTON, Tetworth, TEMPSFORD, Dunstable High Street South, Bedford De Parys Avenue, Luton Downs Road, Ampthill Church Street, Biggleswade Hitchin Street