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Project / Collection India Office Records Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Hawker Hurricane (Fighter plane)

1. IOR/L/PS/12/2012

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2012
Title:
Coll 5/55(3)(S) ‘Afghanistan: Supply of General Purpose & Trainer Aircraft by H.M.G. (Replacement of Hinds)’
Scope & Content:
The file documents the replacement of the Hawker Hind aircraft – used by the Afghan Air Force since 1937 – with Avro Ansons in 1948. The selection process being the result of a long search from 1943 to 1946 for a suitable replacement. The file contains correspondence documenting the search for s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1943-8 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (403 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)