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Series
Ministry of Aircraft Production and predecessor and successors: Registered Files
Catalogue reference: AVIA 15
What's it about?
AVIA 15
Files of the Ministry of Aircraft Production including papers taken over from the Air Ministry and a few papers added to the files by successor departments. Includes files on the functions carried out by 41 and 43 Groups of RAF Maintenance...
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 15
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Aircraft Production and predecessor and successors: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1924-1990
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the Ministry of Aircraft Production including papers taken over from the Air Ministry and a few papers added to the files by successor departments.
Includes files on the functions carried out by 41 and 43 Groups of RAF Maintenance Command under the Ministry of Aircraft Production are. These were the storage, distribution, repair and salvage of aircraft and restoration to operational standard.
Defence of aircraft factories and the ferrying of new aircraft to Units together with the responsibility for the inspection of all material and equipment before delivery from the manufacturers' premises, carried out by the Directorate of Aeronautical Inspection are also covered.
The security classifications with which certain records are marked have lost their significance.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The earliest files derive from the Air Ministry plain numbered series, the"B" prefix being added for identification and the"S" indicating"secret". The later series prefixed"Contracts","Research" and"Secretariat" cover Production, Research and Development and Services.
The part of this list covering AVIA 15/1-3934 is arranged by subject code. From piece 3935 onwards the list is uncoded.
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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 Ministry, 1918-1964
- Ministry of Aircraft Production, 1940-1945
- Ministry of Supply, 1939-1959
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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3940 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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1967-2017 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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No further accruals are expected.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2595/
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