Catalogue description Records of the Air Historical Branch

Details of Division within AIR
Reference: Division within AIR
Title: Records of the Air Historical Branch
Description:

Records of the Air Historical Branch collected for the preparation of official histories of the Air Ministry, particularly of the Second World War.

Registered papers wil be found in AIR 1, AIR 5 and AIR 49, while unregistered papers are in AIR 20

Historical and narrative studies will be found in AIR 41
Date: 1862-1991
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Air Ministry, Air Historical Branch, 1920-1936

Air Ministry, Air Historical Branch, 1941-1964

Ministry of Defence, Air Historical Branch, 1964-1985
Physical description: 5 series
Administrative / biographical background:

The Air Historical Branch was set up after the First World War to receive, arrange and index records from all parts of the Air Ministry and the Royal Air Force and to produce official histories using these records. The Branch was the responsibility of the Permanent Under Secretary for Air and was linked to the Library.

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