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Coll 5/54 ‘Afghanistan: Training of Afghan Air Personnel in India’ [178r] (355/519)
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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flying before attempting Ions cross-country flights*
Abdul Khalik Khan* Has a fair idea of the subject but needs
more practice in v/orkins out problems*
Air Trai ningo
His rather excitable nature in the air handicapped
him at first but he is now progressing well* He needs
practice in map reading, and compass course flying*
bavad Abunl Ahmad Ilian * Did good and steady work throughout
the course*
Ai r
Capable of short cross-country flights and with a
little more practice should make a good navigator*
l^ohammed Adsif Khan * Has done good work and is a quick and
accurate thinker*
Air Training, *
Progress satisfactory but is rather exitable in the
air. Ihen he is able to control this will make a good
navigator*
A flrna d Khan * Has tried hard and is improving
steadily*
Air Training *
Has shown improvement but when he has trained himself
to calculate more quickly, will be very much better. Needs
map reading and compass course flying* ,
This officer has worked^ery
jJnhemmed dharif Khan */ytsL snrtnrrwk hard and is iixcgxaxxjgg now
xiaaediiyx capable of accurate xi calculations*
Thinks clearly in the air and is capable of short
cross-country flights.
Ahdul Mohammed Khan * Has worked hard and is now accurate
but rather slow. With more practice should improve rapidly.
Air 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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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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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