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Ministry of Supply and successors: Civil Aircraft Research and Development Branch...

Catalogue reference: SUPP 29

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SUPP 29

This series contains files of the Civil Aircraft Research and Development Branch of the Ministry of Supply and of the Concord (later Concorde) Division of the Ministries of Supply, of Aviation, of Technology, of Aviation Supply and of the...

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SUPP 29

Title
Ministry of Supply and successors: Civil Aircraft Research and Development Branch and successors: Registered Files (AE File series)
Date

1955-1988

Description

This series contains files of the Civil Aircraft Research and Development Branch of the Ministry of Supply and of the Concord (later Concorde) Division of the Ministries of Supply, of Aviation, of Technology, of Aviation Supply and of the Department of Trade and Industry. The files relate to early supersonic transport projects including Concorde, and other aircraft such as the Airbus project and the Britten Norman Islander.

The files in this series with the AE prefix were raised by the Civil Aircraft Research and Development Branch under the charge of the Director of Aircraft, Civil.

Related material

For other files relating to Concorde see: BT 242 FV 2 AVIA 63

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

AE Series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

368 file(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1994 Department of Trade and Industry

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13737/

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Ministry of Supply and successors: Civil Aircraft Research and Development Branch and successors: Registered Files (AE File series)