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Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light
The government tried to keep the details of the Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster of 1943 private – but a court case brought the terrible story to light.
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Ministry of Civil Aviation and successors: Aerodromes Group: Records
Catalogue reference: BT 247
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BT 247
This series consists of files of the Aerodromes Division of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation.The Aerodromes A Division used the AA, AAA, AAB and AAC file series; Aerodromes B, D and E Divisions used...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BT 247
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Civil Aviation and successors: Aerodromes Group: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1935-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of files of the Aerodromes Division of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation.
The Aerodromes A Division used the AA, AAA, AAB and AAC file series; Aerodromes B, D and E Divisions used the AB, AD and AE series, respectively; the Aerodromes Estate Management Division used the AEM, AEMA, AEMB, AEMC and AEME series; and the Aerodromes Planning Divisions the APA, APB and APC series.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For registered files (EP Series) of the Aerodromes Planning Division and Airports (London and Prestwick) Division, Branch ALP 1, of the Ministry of Aviation see AVIA 119
For papers of the Air Safety Board see BT 256
For files of the Aerodromes (General) Division of the Ministry of Aviation see AVIA 86
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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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- Ministry of Civil Aviation, Aerodromes Division, 1945-1953
- Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Aerodromes Group, 1953-1959
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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263 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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From 1982 Department of Industry
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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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Upon the formation of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, an Aerodromes Division was formed to deal with matters relating to the licensing, inspection and regulation of airports and aerodromes and any attendant financial and legal matters. The Aerodromes Division was divided into four sub-divisions, Divisions A and B dealt with questions on land matters affecting aerodromes, the acquisition and disposal of land and buildings, rights of way, rehousing of persons displaced by aerodrome development and related compensation, capital investment etc. Aerodromes C Division dealt with the premises at London (Heathrow) Airport, and the Aerodromes D Division dealt with licensing policy, administration etc. at non-State aerodromes.
This structure survived under the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, but towards the end of their administration the functions were distributed between three Aerodromes Planning Divisions, A, B and C, and an Aerodromes Estate Management Division. Upon the formation of the Ministry of Aviation in 1959 the functions were again re-distributed to Aerodromes Planning and Aerodromes Management Divisions, neither of whose files are represented in this series.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3284/
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