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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/1947-2060 Subject Flight training Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/PS/12/2001

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2001
Title:
Coll 5/48 ‘Afghanistan: Supply of military aircraft to the Afghan Government; Supply of maps etc. to the Afghan Govt.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, notes, and records of meetings documenting negotiations between the British Government and the Government of India on the one hand, and the Government of Afghanistan on the other. The purpose of the negotiations was to facilitate the financing and purchase of mi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1935-28 Feb 1936
Extent:
1 file (508 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2006

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2006
Title:
Coll 5/53 ‘Afghanistan: Employment of British nationals in various branches of the Afghan air services; Air instructors’ contracts’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and notes regarding the employment of British nationals by the Government of Afghanistan. It predominantly documents the employment of civil aviation instructors from Hawker Aircraft Limited and Rolls Royce Limited to provide training to the Afghan Air Force. Thi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
30 Aug 1934-7 Sep 1943
Extent:
1 file (596 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2007

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2007
Title:
Coll 5/53(2) ‘Afghanistan: Employment of British nationals in various branches of Afghan air services; Air instructors’ contracts’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, contracts (with both English and Persian translation), and notes related to the employment of British nationals from Hawker Aircraft Limited and Rolls Royce Limited with the Afghan Air Force. The file primarily documents the process of recruiting Harry Pearson t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
23 Oct 1942-15 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (342 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2008

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2008
Title:
Coll 5/54 ‘Afghanistan: Training of Afghan Air Personnel in India’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to arrangements for the training of personnel for the Afghan Air Force by the Government of India: such as accommodation and messing arrangements, training provision, numbers of students, estimated expenditures, uniform requirements etc. The majority of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1937-15 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (258 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2020

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2020
Title:
Coll 5/60(1) ‘Afghanistan: Purchase of aircraft from foreign sources (1) Italy (2) Germany’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and numerous extracts from intelligence reports (mostly from Kabul and Peshawar) related to the purchase of Italian aircraft (Romeo Type 37s, Breda Type 25s and 28s) by the Afghan Government, and the subsequent deputation of an Italian Air Mission to assemble and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1937-8 Aug 1944
Extent:
1 file (339 folios)

6. 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)