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Air Ministry: Air Component, North West Expeditionary Force, Norway: Registered Files
Catalogue reference: AIR 36
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AIR 36
The records in this series relate to the organization of the Air Component of the North West Expeditionary Force and its operations in Norway.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AIR 36
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Title (The name of the record)
- Air Ministry: Air Component, North West Expeditionary Force, Norway: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records in this series relate to the organization of the Air Component of the North West Expeditionary Force and its operations in Norway.
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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)
- Air Ministry, Air Component, North West Expeditionary Force, 1940-1940
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 39 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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 Air Component was formed on 22 April 1940 under Group Captain M Moore. Its original task was to control Allied air operations in Central and Northern Norway against the German offensive. By the time that the Headquarters of the Component sailed on 7 May their field of activity was confined to the Narvik area. Units attached to the Component played an important part in the capture from the Germans and the destruction of port facilities at Narvik. After giving air protection to the withdrawing British, French and Norwegian forces the last units of the Component left Norway on 7 June 1940.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2091/
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Air Ministry: Air Component, North West Expeditionary Force, Norway: Registered Files