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Air Ministry: Headquarters No. 90 (Signals) Group, later Signals Command: Reports...
Catalogue reference: AIR 68
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AIR 68
Reports and papers relating to the navigational, telecommunications, and electronic warfare functions of the group, including records of the Inspectorate of Radio Services and of Central Signals Establishment, Watton. Many pieces contain diagrams...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AIR 68
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Title (The name of the record)
- Air Ministry: Headquarters No. 90 (Signals) Group, later Signals Command: Reports and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1946-1976
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Description (What the record is about)
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Reports and papers relating to the navigational, telecommunications, and electronic warfare functions of the group, including records of the Inspectorate of Radio Services and of Central Signals Establishment, Watton.
Many pieces contain diagrams and photographs.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also the Defence Signals Staff registered files in DEFE 26
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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, Headquarters No 90 (Signals) Group, 1946-1958
- Air Ministry, Signals Command, 1958-1964
- Ministry of Defence, Signals Command, 1964-1969
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 122 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 1977 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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Number 90 Signals Group was formed on 26 April 1946, with Headquarters at Medmenham, Buckinghamshire. It inherited the signals, radio and countermeasures functions of the wartime Numbers 26, 60 and 100 Groups and Number 80 Wing. Its responsibilities therefore covered ground radio engineering - its largest task, for it provided these services for the whole of the Royal Air Force, at home and overseas; telecommunications; electronic warfare; and the calibration and operation of navigational aids.
The Group was raised to Command status on 3 November 1958, in recognition of the invaluable work it had done over the previous decade, becoming Signals Command. When subsequently the UK - based RAF Commands were integrated it became part of Strike Command, as Number 90 (Signals) Group, on 1 January 1969.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2123/
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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: Headquarters No. 90 (Signals) Group, later Signals Command: Reports and Papers