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Coll 5/73 ‘Afghan Air Force: Reports on’ [115r] (229/431)
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
Frying Training Sc hool.
There have been no further developments during the quarter. It
.ticipated that tne 9 stiidAn+.s will commence their flying training
5.
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is anticipated that tne 9 students will
snouid tne proposal
materialize.
o purenase 9 aaaitiona.l secondnand Hind aircraft
6. Airfields.
K.
(f'KjM
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f\ Rawash airfield is nov; reported to be capable of nousing
1^-8 aircraft of tne Hind type. Tne accomodation consists of tnree
buildings each having 6 hangers capable of nousing 6 Hind aircraft.
* • Td- British^ instructors previously stated that tne tnree
buildings w«re only capable of housing 36 aircraft, but after a closer
examination of tn<- buildings they found that this was an under
estimate. The* workshop buildings have not been completed owing to a
snortags of cement, and otner materials.
party of men were despatched for the
(b) It is reported that
purpose ^ of installing one or two patrol tanks on
-i-Sharif, but no further details are available,
has been sent to Mazar-i-Snarif so far,
7* Aviati on Petrol.
inu airfield at Mazar
No aviation petrol
(a) Tnere is no important change in the stocks of petrol held on the
Snerpur and Khwaja Rawash airfields, and petrol imported from l n dia is
being arrives. The British instructors report that about
Id is
during storage.
1200 gallons of aviation petrol in stock on the Shcrpur airfi
unserviceable as it has lost its octane value
(b) No aviation petrol has been despatched from Kabul t,o the
curing tn~ quarter.
provinces
8. Britisn instructors.
(a) Mr. D.W.R. Robinson, Messrs koI-s Royce instructor, left Kabul on
letn March_ on uermination of nis contract. He is being replaced,
but nis relief has not yet arrived from England.
„ (b) Mr. J Bx-adley, Messrs Hawkers instructor, nas renewed his contract
ior a furtner year witn effect from 18tn February, 1943.
^(c)^S/L B.D. Higginton R.A.F., pilot instructor to the Afghan Air
o orce, nas staged tnat ne does not wish to renew his contract when it
expires on 16tn August, 1943.
U*S.A. 3teaman Trainer A1-rrraft.
^-‘-de Steaiman trainer aircraft presented to the A-^gnan Govt, by
the Govt ^ of the U.S.A. was flown to Kabul from Peshawar on 28th Anril.
Tne ^British invstructors are not impressed by the construction or
periormance of this aircraft, and consider that the aircraft may not
prove very suitable for use in Afghanistan. it is believed that a
N.C.O. mecnanic employed by the U.S.A. Legation in Kabul has carried
ouo an attecnaent to an American Air Force unit in India with a view
t ’0. n is .being able to assist the Afghan Air Force to service and
maintain this aircraft.
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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’
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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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