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Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
After six years of brutal global conflict, this document marked the end of the Second World War.
Series
Ministry of Aviation, predecessors and successors: Royal Radar Establishment and...
Catalogue reference: AVIA 7
What's it about?
AVIA 7
Files of the Experimental Section Royal Engineers, which subsequently became the Air Defence Experimental Establishment of the War Office and of its successors at the Ministry of Supply, of the Air Ministry's Bawdsey Research Station and its...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AVIA 7
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Aviation, predecessors and successors: Royal Radar Establishment and predecessors: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1917-1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the Experimental Section Royal Engineers, which subsequently became the Air Defence Experimental Establishment of the War Office and of its successors at the Ministry of Supply, of the Air Ministry's Bawdsey Research Station and its successor the Telecommunications Research Establishment of the Ministry of Aircraft Production and of the Ministry of Supply; and of the Royal Radar Establishment.
The records in this series were created by the Establishment and its predecessors when under the control of the War Office, Air Ministry, Ministry of Supply and Ministry of Aircraft Production. The records consist of the following main groups:
Files relating to Royal Air Force equipment (AVIA 7/1-2751).
Files relating to Army equipment (AVIA 7/2752-3552)
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also CAB 125
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Air Defence Experimental Establishment, 1924-1941
- Air Defence Research and Development Establishment, 1941-1944
- Air Ministry Research Establishment, 1939-1940
- Air Ministry, Bawdsey Research Station, 1936-1939
- Radar Research and Development Establishment, 1944-1953
- Radar Research Establishment, 1953-1957
- Royal Radar Establishment, 1957-1976
- Telecommunication Research Establishment, 1940-1953
- War Office, Experimental Section Royal Engineers, 1917-1918
- War Office, Searchlight Experimental Establishment, 1918-1924
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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3812 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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 1967 Ministry of Defence
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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)
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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2587/
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