Catalogue description Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Central Fighter Establishment: Reports and Papers

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Reference: AIR 64
Title: Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Central Fighter Establishment: Reports and Papers
Description:

Papers in this series are mainly reports of the work of the establishment; trials of new types of aircraft and equipment, tests of aircraft in new roles and against other types, visits to operational theatres and to allied air forces. They also include records of courses and conferences.

Date: 1944-1966
Related material:

Records of Fighter Command can be found in AIR 16

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Air Ministry, Central Fighter Establishment, 1944-1964

Ministry of Defence, Central Fighter Establishment, 1964-1966

Physical description: 484 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1975 Ministry of Defence

Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

A Central Fighter Establishment was formed at RAF Tangmere in October 1944, moved to West Raynham in September 1945 and from there to Binbrook in October 1962. It was disbanded in February 1966. Its aim was 'to increase the efficiency of the fighter aircraft and the man who flies it, in all the roles in which the day and night fighter can be used.'

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