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THIS WAS ORIGINALLY GIVEN TO BLACKOUT 'J.F. BRISTOW & SON' CYCLES SHOP WINDOW, THE WINDOWS OF THE ASSOCIATED FLAT ABOVE THE SHOP AND THE BACK WORKSHOP WINDOWS. 'J.F. BRISTOW & SON' BICYCLE RETAILERS WAS IN BEXHILL-ON-SEA, EAST SUSSEX, ENGLAND. THE LUFTWAFFE BOMBERS ON THEIR BLITZ MISSIONS FROM FRANCE TO LONDON FIRST INDICATION THAT THEY HAD PASSED OVER THE ENGLISH CHANNEL AND WERE NOW OVER LAND WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LIGHTS OF COASTAL TOWNS SUCH AS BEXHILL-ON-SEA AND WITH BEXHILL BEING ON A NEAR STRAIGHT ROUTE TO LONDON 70 MILES AWAY, WAS VITAL IN/TO MAINTAINING THE BLACKOUT (BEXHILL WAS ALSO ACTUALLY A TARGET IN OPERATION SEALION, THE GERMAN PLANNED INVASION OF THE UK MAINLAND)
THIS PAPER HAS SURVIVED AS IT WAS SPARE OFFCUTS AND USED BY MY GREAT GRANDFATHER JACK AND HIS SON (MY GRANDFATHER TED) BRISTOW TO LOOSELY COVER SEVERAL H.M.S.O. WARTIME PUBLISHED PICTORIAL SOFTBACK BOOKS
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KEYWORD: ROYAL MERCHANT NAVY NAVAL VESSEL MARITIME KRIEGSMARINE JAPAN R.A.N. JAPANESE CRUISER BATTLESHIP DESTROYER SUBMARINE U-BOAT WW2 SECOND WORLD WAR BOOK WWII HMSO PRINCE OF WALES REPULSE AMERICAN US USA GERMAN SECOND WORLD WAR WW2 WWII SS GERMAN PANZERGRENADIER PANZER TIGER PANTHER TANK AFV PAK 38 40 FERDINAND ELEFANT STURMTIGER JAGDTIGER JAGDPANTHER BERLIN GESTAPO OCCUPIED COUNTRIES SOE OSS AXIS MILITARY MODELLING BATTLE CAMPAIGN SIEGE 1/35 1/72 1/48 SDKFZ 251 222 223 PUMA 140 PANZERKAMPFWAGEN PZKPFW I II III IV V VI KING BOOK DVD WARGAMING WARGAMES GAME JAGDPANZER FLAKPANZER PANZERWERFER FLAMMPANZER PANZERFLAKZWILLING PERSHING M26 STUART GRANT LEE CUSADER CHURCHILL VALENTINE KV-1 KV-S KV SERIES T-34 T34 TANK AFV M4 MEDIUM BRIGADE BATTALION 1 US USA AMERICAN TAMIYA DRAGON VERLINDEN AIRFIX MATCHBOX ITALERI REVELL 1/72 1/35 1/76 1/48 1/16 1/700 SCALE D-DAY NORMANDY BATTLE CAMPAIGN EUROPEAN GOLD JUNO SWORD UTAH BEACHES CROCODILE TIGER KING MAUS HORNISSE HANOMAG MARDER III GRASSHOPPER MAUS 88mm NASHORN SDKFZ MODEL MODELLING TOY SOLDIER REGIMENT KIT KITS HEDGEROWS CARENTAN ARNHEM FALAISE GAP BULGE BASTOGNE PANTHER LEOPARD ANTI-TANK PANZERFAUST ARTILLERY SELF-PROPELLED EL ALAMEIN STALINGRAD PEARL HARBOUR RAF ROYAL NAVY BROWNSHIRTS GERMAN JAPANESE AXIS NAZI WEHRMACHT HITLER GUDERIAN MONTGOMERY ZHUKOV MACARTHUR BRADLEY BARBAROSSA SOVIET RED ARMY ARMIES PANZERJAGER STURMARTILLERIE MESSERSCHMITT SPITFIRE HURRICANE CRUSADER MUSTAG CORSAIR STUKA FOCKE WOLF BLENHEIM B-52 DORNIER THIRD REICH ADOLF NAZI HITLER WW2 WWII WEHRMACHT LUFTWAFFE KRIEGSMARINE GERMAN ARMY ARMIES RUSSIAN TANK TIGER PANTHER FERDINAND ELEFANT FAMO TRANSPORTER PRIME MOVER KURSK EASTERN FRONT BOOK MODEL DRAGON TAMIYA VERLINDEN TRISTAR ACADEMY AIRFIX PAK-40 ANTI-AIRCRAFT ANTI-TANK GUN CREW TANKER TANKERS HEINRICH HIMMLER REINHOLD HEYDRICH FINAL SOLUTION CONCENTRATION CAMP TREBLINKA BELSEN AUSCHWITZ JEWISH KRISTALLNACHT BROWNSHIRTS SA AUSTRIAN JAPAN US MARINES USA BRITISH RUSSIAN EASTERN FRONT RAILWAY GUN LEOPOLD RAIL SELF-PROPELLED FLAK ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN 88mm PERSHING M26 WORLD WAR II TWO SECOND ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLE MARTIN BORMANN RUDOLPH HESS PIAT tobruk DAK D.A.K. DEUTSCHE AFRIKA KORPS ROMMEL HITLER TANK MALE FEMALE A7V FRENCH BRITISH GERMAN RUSSIAN ARMY ARMIES SHELL CASE MOS BATTLE CAMPAIGN AIRFIX TAMIYA EDUARD VERLINDEN DRAGON MODEL MODELS LEE ENFIELD MAUSER 98K LUGER BROWNING VICKERS MACHINE GUN RIFLE PISTOL BULLET GAS MASK HOME FRONT ARRAS LOOS MARNE ZEEBRUGGE FRANCE FLANDERS DEVILLE WOOD POIZERES WAR VICTORY MEDAL 1914 STAR 1915 1916 1918 SPRING OFFENSIVE DARDANELLES GALLIPOLI CAPORETTO JUTLAND HELIOLAND TANNENBERG HAIG KITCHENER SCHOONER BLOCKADE NORTH SEA ATLANTIC JUTLAND NAVAL KRIEGSMARINE U-BOAT WWI WW1 GREAT FIRST WORLD WAR BATTLE SCHARNHORST MESSINES ARDENNES GALICIA TANNENBERG RIGA ASIAGO SERBIA SALONIKA MEGGIDO DAMASCUS GAZA BAGHDAD WINDHOEK RUFIJI RIVER TSINGTAO HELIGOLAND BIGHT JUTLAND CORONEL FALKLAND ISLANDS DOGGER BANK DARDANELLES WESTERN EASTERN BALKAN ITALIAN MIDDLE EAST FRONT ISONZO RIVER NAROCH MASURIAN LAKE LAKES KUT-AL-IMARA RAMADI CTESIPHON CANTIGNY BELLEAU WOOD AMIENS ARTOIS LIEGE NAMUR MULHOUSE BATTLE CAMPAIGN REGIMENT TANK SOPWITH CAMEL RED BARON GERMAN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ARMIES CAVALRY WARFARE GERMANY KAISER WILHELM LEWIS MACHINE GUN WORLD WAR 1 I ONE YPRES SOMME PASSCHENDAELE VERDUN MONS LE CATEAU CAMBRAI MILITARIA TRENCH TANK MALE FEMALE A7V FRENCH BRITISH GERMAN RUSSIAN ARMY ARMIES SHELL CASE BATTLE CAMPAIGN AIRFIX TAMIYA EDUARD VERLINDEN DRAGON MODEL MODELS LEE ENFIELD MAUSER 98K LUGER BROWNING VICKERS MACHINE GUN RIFLE PISTOL BULLET GAS MASK HOME FRONT ARRAS LOOS ZEEBRUGGE FRANCE FLANDERS DEVILLE WOOD POIZERES WAR VICTORY MEDAL 1914 STAR 1915 1916 1918 SPRING OFFENSIVE DARDANELLES GALLIPOLI CAPORETTO JUTLAND HELIOLAND TANNENBERG HAIG KITCHENER ARRAS VIMY RIDGE ARRAS SHIPPING MARITIME MARINE SHIP BOAT SS GERMAN PANZERGRENADIER PANZER TIGER PANTHER TANK AFV PAK 38 40 FERDINAND ELEFANT STURMTIGER JAGDTIGER JAGDPANTHER BERLIN GESTAPO OCCUPIED COUNTRIES SOE OSS AXIS MILITARY MODELLING BATTLE CAMPAIGN SIEGE 1/35 1/72 1/48 SDKFZ 251 222 223 PUMA 140 PANZERKAMPFWAGEN PZKPFW I II III IV V VI KING BOOK DVD WARGAMING WARGAMES GAME JAGDPANZER FLAKPANZER PANZERWERFER FLAMMPANZER PANZERFLAKZWILLING PERSHING M26 STUART GRANT LEE CUSADER CHURCHILL VALENTINE KV-1 KV-S KV SERIES T-34 T34 TANK AFV M4 MEDIUM BRIGADE BATTALION 1 US USA AMERICAN TAMIYA DRAGON VERLINDEN AIRFIX MATCHBOX ITALERI REVELL 1/72 1/35 1/76 1/48 1/16 1/700 SCALE D-DAY NORMANDY BATTLE CAMPAIGN EUROPEAN GOLD JUNO SWORD UTAH BEACHES CROCODILE TIGER KING MAUS HORNISSE HANOMAG MARDER III GRASSHOPPER MAUS 88mm NASHORN SDKFZ MODEL MODELLING TOY SOLDIER REGIMENT KIT KITS HEDGEROWS CARENTAN ARNHEM FALAISE GAP BULGE BASTOGNE PANTHER LEOPARD ANTI-TANK PANZERFAUST ARTILLERY SELF-PROPELLED EL ALAMEIN STALINGRAD PEARL HARBOUR RAF ROYAL NAVY BROWNSHIRTS GERMAN JAPANESE AXIS NAZI WEHRMACHT HITLER GUDERIAN MONTGOMERY ZHUKOV MACARTHUR BRADLEY BARBAROSSA SOVIET RED ARMY ARMIES PANZERJAGER STURMARTILLERIE MESSERSCHMITT SPITFIRE HURRICANE CRUSADER MUSTAG CORSAIR STUKA FOCKE WOLF BLENHEIM B-52 DORNIER THIRD REICH ADOLF NAZI HITLER WW2 WWII WEHRMACHT LUFTWAFFE KRIEGSMARINE GERMAN ARMY ARMIES RUSSIAN TANK TIGER PANTHER FERDINAND ELEFANT FAMO TRANSPORTER PRIME MOVER KURSK EASTERN FRONT BOOK MODEL DRAGON TAMIYA VERLINDEN TRISTAR ACADEMY AIRFIX PAK-40 ANTI-AIRCRAFT ANTI-TANK GUN CREW TANKER TANKERS HEINRICH HIMMLER REINHOLD HEYDRICH FINAL SOLUTION CONCENTRATION CAMP TREBLINKA BELSEN AUSCHWITZ JEWISH KRISTALLNACHT BROWNSHIRTS SA AUSTRIAN JAPAN US MARINES USA BRITISH RUSSIAN EASTERN FRONT RAILWAY GUN LEOPOLD RAIL SELF-PROPELLED FLAK ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN 88mm PERSHING M26 WORLD WAR II TWO SECOND ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLE MARTIN BORMANN RUDOLPH HESS PIAT tobruk DAK D.A.K. DEUTSCHE AFRIKA KORPS ROMMEL HITLER WWI WORLD WAR 1 I ONE YPRES SOMME PASSCHENDAELE VERDUN MONS LE CATEAU MILITARIA TRENCH CAMBRAI TANK MALE FEMALE A7V FRENCH BRITISH GERMAN RUSSIAN ARMY ARMIES SHELL CASE MOS BATTLE CAMPAIGN AIRFIX TAMIYA EDUARD VERLINDEN DRAGON MODEL MODELS LEE ENFIELD MAUSER 98K LUGER BROWNING VICKERS MACHINE GUN RIFLE PISTOL BULLET GAS MASK HOME FRONT ARRAS LOOS MARNE ZEEBRUGGE FRANCE FLANDERS DEVILLE WOOD POIZERES WAR VICTORY MEDAL 1914 STAR 1915 1916 1918 SPRING OFFENSIVE DARDANELLES GALLIPOLI CAPORETTO JUTLAND HELIOLAND TANNENBERG HAIG KITCHENER SCHOONER BLOCKADE NORTH SEA ATLANTIC JUTLAND NAVAL KRIEGSMARINE U-BOAT WWI WW1 GREAT FIRST WORLD WAR BATTLE SCHARNHORST MESSINES ARDENNES GALICIA TANNENBERG RIGA ASIAGO SERBIA SALONIKA MEGGIDO DAMASCUS GAZA BAGHDAD WINDHOEK RUFIJI RIVER TSINGTAO HELIGOLAND BIGHT JUTLAND CORONEL FALKLAND ISLANDS DOGGER BANK DARDANELLES WESTERN EASTERN BALKAN ITALIAN MIDDLE EAST FRONT ISONZO RIVER NAROCH MASURIAN LAKE LAKES KUT-AL-IMARA RAMADI CTESIPHON CANTIGNY BELLEAU WOOD AMIENS ARTOIS LIEGE NAMUR MULHOUSE BATTLE CAMPAIGN REGIMENT TANK SOPWITH CAMEL RED BARON GERMAN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ARMIES CAVALRY WARFARE GERMANY KAISER WILHELM LEWIS MACHINE GUN WORLD WAR 1 I ONE YPRES SOMME PASSCHENDAELE VERDUN MONS LE CATEAU CAMBRAI MILITARIA TRENCH TANK MALE FEMALE A7V FRENCH BRITISH GERMAN RUSSIAN ARMY ARMIES SHELL CASE BATTLE CAMPAIGN AIRFIX TAMIYA EDUARD VERLINDEN DRAGON MODEL MODELS LEE ENFIELD MAUSER 98K LUGER BROWNING VICKERS MACHINE GUN RIFLE PISTOL BULLET GAS MASK HOME FRONT ARRAS LOOS ZEEBRUGGE FRANCE FLANDERS DEVILLE WOOD POIZERES WAR VICTORY MEDAL 1914 STAR 1915 1916 1918 SPRING OFFENSIVE DARDANELLES GALLIPOLI CAPORETTO JUTLAND HELIOLAND TANNENBERG HAIG KITCHENER ARRAS VIMY RIDGE WESTERN FRONT BOOK TRENCH WARFARE GERMAN THIEPVAL CAMBRAI MARNE MONS RETREAT PASSCHENDAELE WIPERS TIMES SOPWITH CAMEL HAIG GOUGH KAISER KITCHENER JUTLAND FALKLANDS REGIMENTAL RUSSIA UNION WW2 SECOND WORLD WAR BOOK WWII KURSK TANK T-34 PANZER IV I II III VI V TIGER PANTHER KV-1 KV-S LIGHT MEDIUM HEAVY SUPPORT REGIMENT BATTALION UNIT REGIMENTAL PAULUS SS NAZI HEER KRIEGSMARINE WEHRMACHT LUFTWAFFE WAFFEN-SS WAFFEN JAGDPANTHER JAGDTIGER FERDINAND ELEPHANT MARDER BRUMMBAR MICHAEL WITTMAN HIMMLER HITLER STALIN LENINGRAD MOSCOW BALTIC BATTLE BATTLES AUTOBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHY IL-2 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT BOMBER AIR FORCE AFV TANKS TAMIYA VERLINDEN DRAGON TRISTAR TRUMPETER EDUARD ABER PHOTOETCH DIORAMA MODEL MODELLING MODELLER'S WARGAME BOARD GAME RPG STURMARTILLERIE SDKFZ 250 251 222 234 HALFTRACK HALF TRACK MG34 MG42 MP40 MACHINE GUN PISTOL PUMA VIETNAM VIET CONG DEATH VOLUNTEERS SPECIAL FORCES SEALS TUNNELS CU CHI TET OFFENSIVE NAPALM AGENT ORANGE MARINES MEKONG DELTA SAIGON PLATOON ONCE WE WERE SOLDIERS DVD VIDEO ANZAC REGIMENTAL HOLLAND DUTCH NAPOLEONIC WARS NAPOLEON WATERLLO WELLINGTON PENINSULAR BADAJOZ SALAMANCA WAR OF 1812 MOSCOW