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Coll 5/54 ‘Afghanistan: Training of Afghan Air Personnel in India’ [79r] (157/519)
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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recrudescence of feeling over this matter since
the mechanics felt that theirs was rather a
menial position. It is believed that this
situation is not likely to arise again since
there appears now to be a general understanding
and appreciation of the true position that in
an air force organised on the Afghan lines all
groups are equally vital links in successful
operation. To foster this understanding,
during training final it was arranged that
pilots and observers took their full share of
the work involved in refuelling aircraft, in
cleaning and where practicable in inspection
and repair work. The propagation and main
tenance of this spirit of active cooperation
should receive particular care, one manner in
which it may be facilitated is to arrange that
mechanics should be taken as passengers when
ever possible and invariably when test flights
are being carried out subsequent to repairs or
overhauls made by them, only thus is it
possible to engender that pride in workmanship
and to create that high standard of main
tenance essential in an Air Force.
On arrival the trainees were supposed
to possess a reasonable knowledge of English
and to have received a sound basic education.
On investigation it was however evident that
their knowledge in these respects was inadequati
generally for air force training purposes. In
these circumstances English and educational
classes were organised inmediately and continu
ed throughout the initial eight months training
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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