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Coll 5/73 ‘Afghan Air Force: Reports on’ [35r] (69/431)
The record is made up of 1 file (214 folios). It was created in 14 Jun 1938-30 Dec 1947. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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of some 70 to 80 officers and other ranks. Colonel
Lancaster writes that if the G-ovemment of India should
not be prepared to grant the facilities the Afghan
G-ovemment will turn to the U.S.A.j or any other country,
(except possibly Russia) for this training and with the
training will follow the purchase of aircraft from the
country involved in the training of Afghan Air r'orce
personnel. A firm request and details are awaited from
the Afghans.
General. Work is in progress on hangars at Khwaja
Rawash (Kabul Military Airfield) and a survey of a proposed
runway of about 2,000 metres has been completed. It
appears that the petrol shortage in Afghanistan has had
no serious effect on the Air Force, as stocks of high
octane fuel are at the maximum of capacity of the tanks.
Paragraph l(d) of Colonel Lancaster’s report deals
with the prospects of Civil Aviation in Afghanistan.
Elsewhere he remarks that among the advantages of the
Afghans* decision to purchase Avro XIX*s is the revision
of facilities for feeder services whenever a new trunk
Civil Air Service is established through Afghanistan,
and neither the Russians nor the Americans can possibly
object to such a development under these circumstances.
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The file contains periodical reports by the British Military Attaché at Kabul (Colonel Alexander Stalker Lancaster) on the Afghan Air Force, they cover the period 1 March 1938 to 31 October 1947. There is a gap for the period 2 May 1938 to 31 October 1940 for which no reports are present in the file.
The reports cover a range of topics such as training flights, operations conducted, condition of aircraft, accidents, maintenance work, availability of spares, petrol stores, ground facilities, administrative or political developments, and any proposals for the purchase of additional aircraft. The reports also cover the positions of the British Instructors at Kabul relative to their Italian counterparts, and indicate the progress made in training Afghan students.
The file includes a report by Squadron Leader Reid (see folios 22-23) on his testing of the Avro Anson XIX, and a report by Squadron Leader B P King on his testing of the de Havilland Tiger Moth (see folios 82-83), for service in Afghanistan.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (214 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 215; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2034
- Title
- Coll 5/73 ‘Afghan Air Force: Reports on’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:215v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence