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Coll 5/73 ‘Afghan Air Force: Reports on’ [162r] (323/431)
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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to maintain. The Afghan Go; t. will, however, mako every effort to
keep their present force Intact and provide sufficient funds to allow
of the minimum necessary training for personnel and the maintenance
and upkeep of aircraft, as they realise that the Air Force has proved
its value in quelling internal disturbances during the past A years,
and its existance assists them to maintain the prestige and st.ability
the Government.
Appendix ’’A" to this report gives the number and condition of aircraft,
and the number of trained and partly trained pilots in the AfgncX. ^ir
Force on the 31st January, 1942.
2. Hind squadrons.
(a) Flying Hours.
As for the last quarter, approximately 14 hours per week for about
40 pilots. Mo flying has been carried out between the 23rd December,
1941 and the 31st January, 1942.
(b) Qp er - ' tions.
Nil during the quarter.
(c) Standard of Flying Efficiency .
(i) There is no change to report.
(ii) S pilots of No.3 squadron carried out air firing practice on
ground targets in November. The highest score being 11 hits.
4 observers carried out similai practice, the best score being
3 hits. Each individual fired 100 rounds ball- 3.A.A.
(iii) No dummy dive bombing has been carried out during the quarter.
(d) Accidents.
Nil.
(e) Maintenanc e.
Msg or repairs to one Hind aircraft have been carried out.
Spares for Hind aircraft are still urgently required. The_spare
and workshop material purchased by Mr. Robinson, Messrs Roils
Royce 1 s engineer in India in April, 1941, are now on their way fc'
to Kabul from
peshaw
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
- r. The delay in delivery has been due to s/
misunderstandings regarding licences for the export of the
material from India, and the
to provide motor transport.
failure of the Afghan authorities
A proposal for fitting skis belonging to Romeo aircraft to Kind
aircraft is under consider cat ion.
(iv) Mr. Bradley, Messrs Hawkers engineer, proceeded to Peshawar
recently, and purchased a secondhand 500 gallon petrol storage
tank at the request of the Air Commandant. This they hope_to
fit on to a motor chassis, and use the motor tanker for filling
aircraft with petrol on the sherpur aerodrome. No application
for an export licence from India has been made so far.
(f) Photograp hy.
(i) sgt Murray R.A.F. on completion of his ye:.rs attachment to tne
Afghan Air Force left for India in November.
(ii) Two small mosaics of areas near Istalif and Guldara in the Kon-
i-Daman district where the Air Commandant has landed property
were taken.
Oblique photographs of King Eahir Shah’s palace at Pagnmnn and
K.R.R. Shah Mahmud’s residence at Rishkhor were also taken.
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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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- Title
- Coll 5/73 ‘Afghan Air Force: Reports on’
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- front, front-i, 2r:215v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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