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Coll 5/73 ‘Afghan Air Force: Reports on’ [81r] (161/431)
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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Pago 5,
Tendencies a mongst, officers of the Afghan
Air Force ^ ""
There has been recently mor e talk in favour of purche
asing British rather than American aircrafto It is possible
that the arrival of a Tiger Moth in Kabul for test caused
this ^ tendencyc Afghan pilots flying Italian Romeo aircraft
continue to show show a desire for the scrapping of all
Italian arrcraitj and allege that they are unfit for further
use. Opinion is in favour of a British and American victory.
fears of Russian intentions after the war are freauentlv
exor^p^ v
Appendi x t A f
£&^^6^4fehan_A ir F or ce Qu arterly Report for the ne^iod
MSlMX. 1944 to 31st Jul'plPMr r *“
#Situation regarding servieability of aircraft in the in
the Afghan Air Force on 31st July 1944 s w*.% as follows
(a) British Hi no^A ircraft n
ServiceaFle ^ * 33 ’ 23
Unserviceable but repairable 2
Written off as unserviceable 3
Total J^T
Romeo A i rcraf t.
Serviceable long flights - 2
- do - short flights 4
Unserviceable but *^pairable 8
’Written off as unserviceable 2
Total IQ
Note
Four r -ore Romeo aircraft would be serviceable for long
flights if 'ev propel-lors became available ? while otliers require
welding re:^irs or rubber mshers for petrol pumps®
(c) IV'.\ ian Eveda Tra iner
Services ole
'Unserviceable but repairable
Vritten off as unserviceable
Total
(d) Stearm n Train er
' A if c i - aFtTj e S J-v r
Serviceable
Total
X
1
2* The number of Afghan pilots proficient on the various typer-
of aircraft on 31st July 1944 was as follows J-
Good pilots
Fairly good pilots
Promising pilots
Backward pilots
Pilots under training
Total
Hawker Hind
Romeo
Stearman
7
Nil
1
13
2
Nil
Nil
5
Nil
9
1
Nil
9
Nil
Nil
38
8 ‘
1
(a) The Breda Trainer aircraft are no .longer in use, though
one Breda 28 is serviceable and kept in store- The S>tearman trainer
has not been flown since it came to Kabul*
(b) A number of Afghan pilots are employed on administrative
duties, but they cannot- be re^-rded as proficient or in flying
practice, and have not been included in the above figures®
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (214 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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’
- Pages
- 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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- Open Government Licence