Record revealed
Report on the British Indian Army, 1943
This Second World War War Office document assessed the British Indian Army's battle readiness and made recommendations for its development.
Series
Civil Aviation Authority and predecessors: Central Library and predecessors: Miscellaneous...
Catalogue reference: DR 9
What's it about?
DR 9
This series contains material previously held by the Civil Aviation Authority Library, much of which was inherited from its predecessors, including the Air Registration Board and the Air Ministry.The material concerns aircraft and engines...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DR 9
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Title (The name of the record)
- Civil Aviation Authority and predecessors: Central Library and predecessors: Miscellaneous Reports and Handbooks
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1919-1986
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains material previously held by the Civil Aviation Authority Library, much of which was inherited from its predecessors, including the Air Registration Board and the Air Ministry.
The material concerns aircraft and engines specifications, instrumentation, aircraft inspections, airworthiness, survey flights and air traffic control operations. The series also contains many records of 'first flights'; outward and return diaries of journeys to new aerodromes in worldwide locations.
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 133 files, photographs and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Civil Aviation Authority
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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)
- Following the development of OSP 26: The regulation of civil aviation 1972-2002, it has been decided that no further accessions into this series will be made.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6246/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: DR
Records created or inherited by the Civil Aviation Authority
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Civil Aviation Authority and predecessors: Central Library and predecessors: Miscellaneous Reports and Handbooks
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