Series
Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Flying Personnel Research Committee: Reports...
Catalogue reference: AIR 57
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AIR 57
This series contains an incomplete set of reports and memoranda of the RAF Flying Personnel Research Committee, and some indexes.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AIR 57
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Title (The name of the record)
- Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Flying Personnel Research Committee: Reports and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1938-1980
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains an incomplete set of reports and memoranda of the RAF Flying Personnel Research Committee, and some indexes.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Pieces are arranged under the headings of reports, memos and minutes of meetings.
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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)
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- Air Ministry, Flying Personnel Research Committee, 1939-1964
- Ministry of Defence, Flying Personnel Research Committee, 1964-1980
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 159 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1976 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 RAF Flying Personnel Research Committee was formed in 1939 to advise the Secretary of State for Air on factors causing operational inefficiency in aircrew or impairing their chances of safety or survival in an emergency. It was also concerned with the study of methods of aircrew selection. Although an Air Ministry Committee, its first chairman was Sir Edward Mellanby, Secretary of the Medical Research Council. Membership of the FPRC included not only eminent clinicians, physiologists, psychologists and the Director General of the RAF Medical Services but also General Duties Branch officers.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2112/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: AIR
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Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Flying Personnel Research Committee: Reports and Papers