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Ministry of Munitions: Files Transferred to the Air Ministry
Catalogue reference: MUN 8
What's it about?
MUN 8
These documents relate to aircraft production, aeronautical supplies, etc. They include:Department of Aircraft Production (Technical Department) - A.P.T. (MUN 8/1-38)Department of Aeronautical Supplies - A.S (MUN 8/39-54)Director of Patents,...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MUN 8
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Munitions: Files Transferred to the Air Ministry
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1916-1923
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Description (What the record is about)
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These documents relate to aircraft production, aeronautical supplies, etc. They include:
Department of Aircraft Production (Technical Department) - A.P.T. (MUN 8/1-38)
Department of Aeronautical Supplies - A.S (MUN 8/39-54)
Director of Patents, Royalties and Rewards - D.G.P./P.R.R.: MUN 8/55
Disposal and Liquidation Commission - P.M./General: MUN 8/56
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Munitions, Department of Aeronautical Supplies, 1917-1920
- Ministry of Munitions, Department of Aircraft Production, Technical Department, 1917-1920
- Ministry of Munitions, Disposal and Liquidation Commission, 1921-1926
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 56 file(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The small group of files in this series passed to the Air Ministry in 1923 after the demise of the Ministry of Munitions.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Descriptions of the origins of some of these series are contained in the 'Note on Systems of Registration of the Ministry of Munitions' prepared by H.L. Durrant, Superintendant of Registries, Disposal and Liquidation Commission, in October 1923.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11242/
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Ministry of Munitions: Files Transferred to the Air Ministry
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