Catalogue description Air Ministry and successors: Operations Record Books, Squadrons

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Reference: AIR 27
Title: Air Ministry and successors: Operations Record Books, Squadrons
Description:

Record books in this series provide a daily record of events in each squadron entered on Form 540, with appendices including some photographs (many of which may have different covering dates from those of the books themselves).

Also included are some Operations Record Books (ORBs) for Dominion and allied air force squadrons under British command. Though the system of Operations Record Books started after the First World War few books in this series date from before the mid-1930s.

Digital images of Royal Air Force operations record books 1911-1963 (AIR 27/1-2893) can be searched and downloaded.

Date: 1911-1996
Arrangement:

The Operation Record Books are arranged chronologically under each squadron.

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 4380 files and volumes
Access conditions: Available in digital format unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1973 Ministry of Defence

Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The object of the Operations Record Book (ORB) was to furnish a complete historical record of a unit from the time of its formation, including an accurate record of operations carried out. Information was thereby collected for future reference with a view to improving the organization, equipment and administration of the Royal Air Force.

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