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Coll 5/54 ‘Afghanistan: Training of Afghan Air Personnel in India’ [148r] (295/519)
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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AOP/PJM/PHB/73TA
D E 0 Y P H E
Ei'om His Majesty's Minister at Kabul to
(COPIES
CIRCULATED AND TO
THE POREION OFFICE)
Government of India, Ejcterndl Affairs
Department and repeated by former to
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
TO India Office®
Dated Kabul, 31st December, 1937®
Received 31st December, 1937, 6-15 p®m® XXX
Addressed to Foreign, New Delhi, repeated to
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Forminlca 139.
offer (Telegram 2420/462) with War Minister and Air
Commandant on 29th December. They were extremely grateful for
training should begin in May and premised to use intervening
months for study of mathematics and map^reading. (b) They
would do utmost to find suitable interpreters. Personnel to
class ax^d/^officer)status and would be made up as follows?
armourer for machine guns etc.l, radio mechanic 1, mechanic
for training in electricity 1, officer for training in
aerology and meteorology 1; total 30.
They asked tnat training should be for (? one
year) continuously and that personnel should be trained in
one batch. War (? Minister) pointed out that personnel were
all new and that one year was minimum training necessary for
efficiency. Trained men were urgently required to man new
Training of Afghan Air Force in India.
2® Military Attache discussed Government of India's
assistance proposed.
3. Following points arose: (a) They agreed that
be sent would consist entirely of new entrants of student
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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