Catalogue description Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Department of the Chief of the Air Staff: Registered Files
Reference: | AIR 8 |
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Title: | Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Department of the Chief of the Air Staff: Registered Files |
Description: |
Records of the Chief of the Air Staff who, as professional head of the Royal Air Force, is responsible for Royal Air Force policy, the conduct of air operations, the fighting efficiency, equipment, training and disposition of RAF formations and intelligence and communications matters. The series also contains records of the Vice, Deputy and Assistant Chiefs of the Air Staff. |
Date: | 1916-1998 |
Related material: |
Papers of Marshal Sir John Slessor are held in AIR 75 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Former reference in its original department: | ID2 and ID3 file series |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Air Ministry, Department of the Chief of the Air Staff, 1918-1964 Committee of Imperial Defence, Air Committee, 1912-1914 Ministry of Defence, Department of the Chief of the Air Staff, 1964- War Committee, 1915-1916 |
Physical description: | 4133 file(s) |
Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1965 Air Ministry |
Accruals: | Series is accruing |
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