Series
Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Royal Air Force Overseas Commands: Reports...
Catalogue reference: AIR 23
What's it about?
AIR 23
Reports, correspondence, etc. on operations of Iraq, India, Aden, Middle East and Far East Commands. Includes War Diaries of Air HQ, RAF Iraq, 1923 to 1930. Records of the administration and operations of the various RAF commands in the...
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 23
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Title (The name of the record)
- Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Royal Air Force Overseas Commands: Reports and Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1916-1984
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Description (What the record is about)
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Reports, correspondence, etc. on operations of Iraq, India, Aden, Middle East and Far East Commands. Includes War Diaries of Air HQ, RAF Iraq, 1923 to 1930. Records of the administration and operations of the various RAF commands in the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Middle East, India and the Far East during the Second World War, including records of liaison between and operations of the Allied air forces, armies and navies.
This series does not contain the records of Air Forces and the like which were involved in North West Europe.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Files have been listed under Command and Unit Titles.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also the RAF Liaison Missions papers in AIR 46
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8788 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 1969 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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Index to commands with series list
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2078/
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 and Ministry of Defence: Royal Air Force Overseas Commands: Reports and Correspondence