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Admiralty and Ministry of Defence: Materials Laboratory, later Naval Aircraft Materials...

Catalogue reference: ADM 291

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ADM 291

Reports of the Materials Laboratory and its successor the Naval Aircraft Materials Laboratory, dealing with metallurgical and chemical problems affecting naval aircraft.

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Reference
ADM 291
Title
Admiralty and Ministry of Defence: Materials Laboratory, later Naval Aircraft Materials Laboratory: Reports
Date
1949-1966
Description

Reports of the Materials Laboratory and its successor the Naval Aircraft Materials Laboratory, dealing with metallurgical and chemical problems affecting naval aircraft.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Admiralty Materials Laboratory, 1947-1977
  • Admiralty Naval Aircraft Materials Laboratory, 1953-1953
Physical description
143 file(s)
Administrative / biographical background

The Naval Aircraft Materials Laboratory was opened in 1946 as the Materials Laboratory (originally as an outstation of the Central Metallurgical Laboratory) at the Royal Naval Aircraft Repair Yard, Fleetlands. It dealt with all metallurgical and chemical problems affecting work in the yard, and later it concerned itself with Naval aircraft problems from further afield. It acquired the title Naval Aircraft Materials Laboratory in the early 1950s and since then its status and title have not changed. It is a department of the Royal Naval Aircraft Repair Yard, Fleetlands and is ultimately under the control of the Director General Aircraft (Naval).

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1999/

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Admiralty and Ministry of Defence: Materials Laboratory, later Naval Aircraft Materials Laboratory: Reports