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Air Ministry and successors: Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment: Reports...
Catalogue reference: AVIA 18
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AVIA 18
Reports, and notes of a technical nature, on various tests carried out on aircraft, their armament and equipment, including acceptance tests.The reports in this series, which commence in 1924, consist of the following groups:Report prefix ATO/A,...
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AVIA 18
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Title (The name of the record)
- Air Ministry and successors: Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment: Reports and Notes
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Date (When the record was created)
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1924-1998
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Description (What the record is about)
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Reports, and notes of a technical nature, on various tests carried out on aircraft, their armament and equipment, including acceptance tests.
The reports in this series, which commence in 1924, consist of the following groups:
- Report prefix ATO/A, B,...; created by the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down when under Ministry of Aircraft Production control
- Report prefix M A & A E E; reports with prefix 'M' created by A & A E E at Martlesham Heath when under Air Ministry control and continued by those prefixed 'A & A E E' following the move to Boscombe Down in 1939. Reports from 1940 to 1946 created when under Ministry of Aircraft Production control; those from 1946 when under Ministry of Supply Control.
- Report prefix F; created at Martlesham Heath when under Air Ministry control. From 1948 reports formerly held in the Admiralty Centre for Scientific Information and Liaison (ASCIL), the Naval Scientific and Technical Information Centre (NASTIC) and the Defence Research Information Centre have been added to this series.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
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AMS and AEN
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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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- Ministry of Aviation, 1959-1967
- Ministry of Defence, 1947-1947
- Ministry of Defence, Department of the Chief of the Air Staff, 1964-1964
- Ministry of Supply, 1939-1959
- The Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE), 1918-1992
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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4731 files and volumes
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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 1968 Ministry of Aviation
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The Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) was a research facility for British military aviation from 1918-1992. The series includes reports and notes of a technical nature, including reports on testing of armaments, performance and acceptance trials for all new service aircraft and testing of 'rogue' handling aircraft. Technical notes on development and improvements in aircraft equipment. Reports on many trials of many aircrafts by the British armed forces since the Second World War.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2598/
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