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Coll 5/54 ‘Afghanistan: Training of Afghan Air Personnel in India’ [8r] (15/519)
The record is made up of 1 file (258 folios). It was created in 25 Mar 1937-15 Jul 1946. 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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Subject: Training; of Afg h an Air Force personnel»
To take the suggestions one at a tctixe.
(a ) Increase R . A »F . inst ruc tors in Kab ul.
(i) There are no proper training facilities in Kabul.
The airfields are 6000 ft. high; hills rising to
12000 ft. dn close proximity surromd them, thus
limiting the air space available. M&ff'flying is
unsage. Stocks of petrol, spares, and even the
aircraft themselves, are not available to meet a
large flying training commitment. There are no tech
nical schools eouipped to undertake the training
of tie ground staff.
(ii) R.A.F. instructors ’’off duty" are not allowed to
mix with their pupils. If they do sc, they will be
accused of trying to pump British propoganda into
the Afghans.
(iii) The R.A.F. will be under the closest observation,
all movements are reported by the police, and
nobody is allowed outside tie town without permission
and an escort. Living conditions in the town are
not too good. This would make the R.A.F. instructors
unhappy and frustrated.
(iv) The necessary discipline of a school oould never be
enforced in the atmosphere of the Sherpur or
Khaja Rawah airfields.
(v) The Afghans pupils would miss the opportunity of
going to India, and og observing the effects of
the British rule, which has entirely misrepresented
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The file contains correspondence related to arrangements for the training of personnel for the Afghan Air Force by the Government of India: such as accommodation and messing arrangements, training provision, numbers of students, estimated expenditures, uniform requirements etc. The majority of the file focuses on documenting three training schools held in 1937, 1938-39, and 1939-40 respectively. The file includes detailed reports for each session, which include progress summaries for individual students: see folios 173-185 (1937), 77-119 (1938-39), and 40-44 (1939-40). This training was undertaken at the Royal Air Force (RAF) base at Karachi.
The main correspondents are as follows: HM Minister at Kabul (William Kerr Fraser-Tytler and Giles Frederick Squire), officials of the 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. , and representatives of the External Affairs Department of the Government of India.
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.
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- 1 file (258 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 259; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2008
- Title
- Coll 5/54 ‘Afghanistan: Training of Afghan Air Personnel in India’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:143v, 145r:162v, 164r:242v, 244r:254v, 256r:259v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence