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Coll 5/73 ‘Afghan Air Force: Reports on’ [11v] (22/431)
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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3. The shortage of spare rjarts for the Hind aircraft
■wh&i, according to Col. Lancaster has been crippling the
Afghan Air Force, will shortly he relieved. ¥e have heard
recently that the Hawker Company now have a supply of spare
parts ready for despatch to Kabul. It is to be hoped that the
delivery of 12 Avro Anson XIX aircraft to Kabul will shortly
take place; the Afghans showed great interest in the aeroplane
of this type which was flown to Kabul in February by Sq. Ldr. Reid,
and this st^dvandreliable machine should be very suitable for
ime Afghan Sq. Ldr. Reid’s report on his demonstration
of the Avro XIX is given in Appendix B to the report. The Afghans
have also seen sample Spitfire VIII, but it is doubtful if this
high-powered single-seater machine is really suitable for their
requirements.
4. Apart from the developments mentioned in the preceding paragraph
there have been few Afghan requests for British assistance in the
supply of equipment. It is possible that they are waiting on developments
in India, or that they are putting out feelers elsewhere. But they continue
to rely on the R.A.F. for Instructors, Wing Commander King, the British
Pilot Instructor, was succeeded by Sq. Ldr. G-.F. Reid, D.F.C., in April.
5. Paragraph 11 of the Report outlines proposals for the establishment
of civil air services. These include a service to be operated by
Trans-World Airways between Tehran, Kabul, and Karachi} a service between
Peshawar, Kabul, and Tehran to be operated by a new Afghan Air Service Company
and various internal services. They are ambitious plans, and it is
likely that financial considerations will make progress slow.
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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.
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- 1 file (214 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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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’
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- front, front-i, 2r:215v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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