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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth (Training plane)

1. IOR/L/PS/12/2014

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2014
Title:
Coll 5/55(4)(S) ‘Afghanistan: Supply of Tiger Moths’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the sale of eight de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth training aircraft to the Afghan Air Force. Topics covered include the price of aircraft and spares, supply of the aircraft (from Indian and United Kingdom stocks), and a trial of a Tiger Moth in Kabul dur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1943-23 Aug 1946
Extent:
1 file (78 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2033

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2033
Title:
Coll 5/72 ‘Persia: Supply of American aircraft to –’
Scope & Content:
The file is largely concerned with the shipment of ten P-40 Tomahawk fighter planes from the United States to Iran by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The papers within outline a policy debate as to whether the aircraft in question should be diverted for British use and whether a request should b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1941-25 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2034

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2034
Title:
Coll 5/73 ‘Afghan Air Force: Reports on’
Scope & Content:
The file contains periodical reports by the British Military Attaché at Kabul (Colonel Alexander Stalker Lancaster) on the Afghan Air Force, they cover the period 1 March 1938 to 31 October 1947. There is a gap for the period 2 May 1938 to 31 October 1940 for which no reports are present in the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1938-30 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (214 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2035

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2035
Title:
Coll 5/73 ‘Afghan Air Force: reports by British Military Attache Kabul 1 November 1947 to 31 October 1947’
Scope & Content:
The file contains periodical reports by the British Military Attaché at Kabul (Colonel Alexander Stalker Lancaster and J H Prendergast) on the Afghan Air Force, covering the period 1 November 1947 to 31 October 1949. The reports cover a range of topics such as training flights, operations cond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1948-29 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (27 folios)