WYCOMBE ABBEY The Committee had before them a memorandum SCHOOL. by the President of the Board of Education regarding the proposal of the Air Ministry to requisition Wycombe Abbey School, Buckinghamshire, for the use of the United States Air Force. THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AIR said that the impending arrival of the first American Air Force units in this country made it urgently necessary to find suitable premises for their Bomber Command Headquarters. The American Air Officer Commanding had stipulated that his units should not come over to this country until their Headquarters had been provided and fully equipped.
- Civil Defence Region
- Region 6: Southern (Reading HQ)
- Collection ID
- CAB71
- Document Reference
- CAB 71/32/2
- Document Types
- Summary
- File Reference
- CAB 71/32
- Former Department Reference
- LP(A)(42) 1st Meeting
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.cab71.000032.002
- Keywords
- Accommodation Clement Attlee Communications Education Military Bases Private Education Public Morale Public Opinion Requisitioning Schools Sir John Anderson United States Armed Forces
- Language
- English
- Locations Discussed
- Buckinghamshire Wycombe
- Organizations Discussed
- Lord President's Committee Sub-Committee on Accommodation
- Pages
- 3
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Activity Home Defence Civilian-military Interactions Education Schooling
