Series
Air Ministry: Fighter Command: Registered Files
Catalogue reference: AIR 16
What's it about?
AIR 16
Files, etc., of Headquarters Fighter Command relating to organisation, defence schemes, trials, training, etc. Records before 1936 are of the Air Defence of Great Britain Command.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AIR 16
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Title (The name of the record)
- Air Ministry: Fighter Command: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1925-1988
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files, etc., of Headquarters Fighter Command relating to organisation, defence schemes, trials, training, etc. Records before 1936 are of the Air Defence of Great Britain Command.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Associated with Fighter Command between 1944 and 1966 was the Central Fighter Establishment whose records are in AIR 64
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- FC and other file series
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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, Air Defence of Great Britain, 1925-1936
- Air Ministry, Air Defence of Great Britain, 1943-1944
- Air Ministry, Fighter Command, 1936-1943
- Air Ministry, Fighter Command, 1944-1964
- Ministry of Defence, Fighter Command, 1964-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1514 files and volumes
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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 1968 Ministry of Defence
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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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The Command was formed on 14 July 1936 out of the Air Defence of Great Britain organisation. It was responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom from air attack. The headquarters of Fighter Command was at Bentley Priory, Stanmore, Middlesex. During the Second World War Fighter Command played a major part in the Battle of Britain and in stopping the flying bomb attacks on Britain during 1944 and 1945. The Command was also responsible at various times for Balloon Command, the Observer Corps, the chain of radar stations and certain units of Anti-Aircraft Command. In November 1943 the Command was renamed Air Defence of Great Britain, but reverted back to its original name in October 1944. After the War Fighter Command became responsible for the deployment of British guided weapons in addition to its traditional roles. Fighter Command merged with Bomber Command on 30 April 1968 to form Strike Command.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2071/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: AIR
Records created or inherited by the Air Ministry, the Royal Air Force, and related...
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Air Ministry: Fighter Command: Registered Files