Catalogue description Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Royal Air Force Overseas Commands: Reports and Correspondence

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Reference: AIR 23
Title: Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Royal Air Force Overseas Commands: Reports and Correspondence
Description:

Reports, correspondence, etc. on operations of Iraq, India, Aden, Middle East and Far East Commands. Includes War Diaries of Air HQ, RAF Iraq, 1923 to 1930. Records of the administration and operations of the various RAF commands in the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Middle East, India and the Far East during the Second World War, including records of liaison between and operations of the Allied air forces, armies and navies.

This series does not contain the records of Air Forces and the like which were involved in North West Europe.

Date: 1916-1984
Arrangement:

Files have been listed under Command and Unit Titles.

Related material:

See also the RAF Liaison Missions papers in AIR 46

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 8788 files and volumes
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1969 Ministry of Defence

Accruals: Series is accruing.
Unpublished finding aids:

Index to commands with series list

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