RECOGNITION OF AIRBORNE EQUIPMENT (1951)

MI 10, or Military Intelligence Section 10, was the War Office department responsible for weapons and technical analysis during and after the Second World War. This restricted handbook, intended for the use of intelligence officers, gives a secret guide to the recognition of aircraft flying in 1951, at the dawn of the Cold War. There are sections on transport aircraft, military gliders, parachutes, airborne containers, heavy dropping techniques and air freighting accessories.