Series
Air Board, and Air Ministry, Air Council: Minutes and Memoranda
Catalogue reference: AIR 6
What's it about?
AIR 6
Minutes of meetings of the Air Board and Air Council, and memoranda, etc., submitted to the Air Council; minutes and memoranda, etc, submitted to the Secretary of State's Progress Meetings on R.A.F. Expansion Measures, 1935 to 1940; minutes and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AIR 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Air Board, and Air Ministry, Air Council: Minutes and Memoranda
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Date (When the record was created)
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1916-1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of meetings of the Air Board and Air Council, and memoranda, etc., submitted to the Air Council; minutes and memoranda, etc, submitted to the Secretary of State's Progress Meetings on R.A.F. Expansion Measures, 1935 to 1940; minutes and memoranda of the Air Council Standing Committee from 1946.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records of the Defence Board and Defence Council are in
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Air Board, 1916-1918
- Air Ministry, 1918-1964
- Ministry of Defence, Defence Council, 1964-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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407 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Ministry of Defence
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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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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The first Air Board was established on 11 May 1916 under the New Ministries Act 1916, for the purpose of organizing and maintaining a supply of aircraft in the national interest. In January 1917 the board was reconstituted under a minister while - at the same time - the manufacture and inspection of aircraft became the function of the Ministry of Munitions.
On 3 January 1918 the Air Board was abolished and its powers and duties transferred to the Air Council which - together with the Air Ministry - was set up under Statutory Rules and Orders numbers 1333 of 1917 and number 11 of 1918.
When the Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry were amalgamated in April 1964, to become the unified Ministry of Defence, the Defence Council was set up, with three subordinate service boards: the Admiralty Board, the Army Board and the Air Force Board. Each board operated under the chairmanship of the Secretary of State for Defence, who was also chairman of the Defence Council.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2061/
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Within the department: AIR
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Air Board, and Air Ministry, Air Council: Minutes and Memoranda