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IOR/L/PS/12/2053
- Record Id:
- 040-000557072
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000556965
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x00024f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100039522176.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/2053
- Title:
- Coll 5/86 ‘Afghanistan: Reorganisation of Air Force’
- Scope & Content:
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The file is concerned with a report produced by Colonel Alexander Stalker Lancaster, Military Attaché at Kabul, on the current state of the Afghan Air Force and proposals for its reorganisation and improvement: see folios 31-52 for a copy of this report. The report includes a sketch map (folio 44) showing the locations of air bases in Afghanistan. Other papers in the file are concerned with an enquiry from the Afghan Government over the availability of British transport aircraft and supply dropping equipment.
A record of discussions held between 5-15 August 1946 – authored by Giles Frederick Squire, HM Minister at Kabul – regarding the terms and conditions of Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel seconded to the Afghan Air Force can be found on folios 5-9.
The main correspondents are as follows: Gerald Charles Lawrence Crichton, HM Charge de 'affairs at Kabul; Colonel Lancaster the Military Attaché at Kabul; and Brigadier Roderick William Mcleod at General Headquarters (India).
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000556965
040-000557072 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/1947-2060 : Political (External) Collection 5: Aircraft and Aviation
IOR/L/PS/12/2053 : Coll 5/86 ‘Afghanistan: Reorganisation of Air Force’ - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/12/2053, f 44 : ‘SKETCH showing Radius of action of aircraft from Main Airfields assuming radius of action of aircraft is approx…
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/12/2053 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0006]/037-000556965[0107]/040-000557072
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (51 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x00024f
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1945
- End Date:
- 1946
- Date Range:
- 18 Aug 1945-1 Nov 1946
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 53; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- Coll 5/86
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)