Catalogue description Air Ministry and Successors: Civil Aviation (R Series) Files

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Reference: BT 217
Title: Air Ministry and Successors: Civil Aviation (R Series) Files
Description:

These files contain papers of the Civil Aviation Department of the Air Ministry and, from April 1945, the Ministry of Civil Aviation. There are also a few papers, post-1953, of the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation.

The series embraces a wide range of civil aviation business, including such matters as airports, air services, flying regulations, and aircraft accidents.

Date: 1919-1960
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: R file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Air Ministry, Civil Aviation Department, 1919-1945

Ministry of Aviation, 1959-1967

Ministry of Civil Aviation, 1945-1953

Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, 1953-1959

Physical description: 2634 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

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