Record revealed
Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
After six years of brutal global conflict, this document marked the end of the Second World War.
Series
Air Ministry and predecessor and successors: Civil Aviation, Registered Files
Catalogue reference: AVIA 2
What's it about?
AVIA 2
Files relating to all aspects of civil aviation business. From April 1945 the files include papers added by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and from October 1953, a few from the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation. These files were created in...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AVIA 2
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Title (The name of the record)
- Air Ministry and predecessor and successors: Civil Aviation, Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1909-1958
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files relating to all aspects of civil aviation business. From April 1945 the files include papers added by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and from October 1953, a few from the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation.
These files were created in the Air Ministry during the period (1919-1945) when that Ministry was responsible for Civil Aviation affairs. The few pre-1919 files included in the series were inherited from the War Office, which, in the early years, exercised control over aeronautical developments.
Files previously in the MT 28 series (Ministry of Transport: Civil Aviation Files) have been incorporated in this series.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The original paper catalogue was arranged under subject headings, not in reference number order.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records detailing the incorporation of the MT 28 series can be found in
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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, Civil Aviation Department, 1919-1945
- Ministry of Civil Aviation, 1945-1953
- Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, 1953-1959
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2848 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Civil Aviation Authority
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2582/
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