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Series
Air Ministry and Successors: Airfield Site Plans
Catalogue reference: DEFE 221
What's it about?
DEFE 221
This is a series of technical drawings and plans of airfield sites, covering all areas. They include building details, general site layouts, utilities, workshops, accommodation, sick quarters, stores, training theatres, bomber and fighter...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DEFE 221
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Title (The name of the record)
- Air Ministry and Successors: Airfield Site Plans
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1905-1999
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Description (What the record is about)
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This is a series of technical drawings and plans of airfield sites, covering all areas. They include building details, general site layouts, utilities, workshops, accommodation, sick quarters, stores, training theatres, bomber and fighter stations, headquarters, armouries, motor vehicle sheds and aircraft sheds. The records were used for general administrative purposes, and for repair and maintenance. Many depict RAF and Ministry of Defence facilities in Odiham, Uxbridge, Waterbeach, Chilmark, Upavon, Oakington, Catterick Garrison and several locations in York.
Plans and drawings were made in various paper types including dyeline, linen, ozalid, tracing, acetate, paper and plasticised paper.
This series contains records which pre-date the creation of the Air Ministry in 1918.
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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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- Air Ministry, 1918-1964
- Ministry of Defence, 1947-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1033 flat sheets and rolls
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2018 Ministry of Defence
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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 records were accumulated by the Ministry of Defence and kept at the Ministry of Defence/Defence Business Services (MoD/DBS) Records Office in Portsmouth
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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For information about the administrative history of the early creators of these records see:
the AIR departmental description for the Air Ministry and the description for the Royal Airforce division.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16845734/
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