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KATUNAYAKE. Includes 34 photographs depicting: (1) RAF Negombo, Ceylon: handing over...
Catalogue reference: AIR 28/1476
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This record is about the KATUNAYAKE. Includes 34 photographs depicting: (1) RAF Negombo, Ceylon: handing over... dating from 1957 Nov-1960 July in the series Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Operations Record Books, Royal Air Force Stations. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1957 Nov-1960 July
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KATUNAYAKE. Includes 34 photographs depicting: (1) RAF Negombo, Ceylon: handing over ceremony to Ceylon Air Force, attended by Hon S W R D Bandaranayake, Prime Minister of Ceylon, and others (named). Dated 1957-1958.. With appendices.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4099480/
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AIR 28
Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Operations Record Books, Royal Air Force Stations
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