Kynoch's and GEC marked as targets: German map detail, 1941

Detail of the German 1941 'Stadtplan von Birmingham' (BB 23d). Kynoch's Lion Ammunition Works and Holford Mills (object 3) and GEC Witton (object 4) are outlined in violet as targets.

The northern part of sheet BB 23d: Perry Barr village, Perry Park, the River Tame, Holford Mills, the Lion Ammunition Works, Birmingham City Cemetery (Witton), Brookvale Park and Upper Witton Reservoir.

Notes

Part of the German General Staff's 'Militärgeographische Einzelangaben über England', the town plans prepared for Operation Sea Lion. The sheet is marked 'Sonderausgabe, Ausgabe Nr. 2, Stand 1941' and 'Militärgeogr. Angaben nach den bis zum 31. XII. 1941 vorhandenen Unterlagen' (information up to 31 Dec 1941). It is an enlargement of the OS six-inch map overprinted in violet and red. The numbered objects on BB 23d include 3 'Witton Kynoch's Werke, Munitionsfabrik' (the Lion Ammunition Works and Holford Mills) and 4 'Siemens & General Electric Co. Ltd., Elektrische Maschinen' (GEC Witton), plus Perry Barr, Birmingham City Cemetery (Witton), Upper Witton Reservoir and Salford Park. Coverage: the nine Birmingham sheets, BB 23a–i, stop at about the latitude of Witton Lakes. None covers the Kingstanding estate itself; the northern edge of BB 23d reaches Perry Barr, Witton Cemetery and Upper Witton Reservoir. Location: confirmed from the sheet labels.