Coll 5/54 ‘Afghanistan: Training of Afghan Air Personnel in India’ [‎225v] (450/519)

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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.

Extent and format

1 file (258 folios)

Physical characteristics

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

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