Coll 5/65 ‘Loan of services of airmen of R.A.F. in India to Afghan Govt’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 5/65 ‘Loan of services of airmen of R.A.F. in India to Afghan Govt’
- Contributor:
- Air Ministry (correspondent)
Foreign Office (correspondent)
Royal Air Force (correspondent)
HM Ambassador to Afghanistan (correspondent) - Date:
- 1939/1948
- Description:
- The file contains correspondence related to the secondment of Royal Air Force personnel as instructors to the Afghan Air Force. It covers matters such as terms and conditions of employment, travel expenses (including accompanying family members), the recruitment of replacement personnel, and requests from the Afghan Government for the loan of additional personnel. The file also includes copies of the contracts for a number of pilot-instructors employed by the Afghan Air Force: B Wigginton (folios 226-231), B P King (folios 122-126, 136-141, and 152-158), and G F Reid (folios 11-13). The file includes both English and Persian versions of all the aforementioned contracts with the exception of G F Reid, which is only available in English. Folios 92 and 104 outline the qualities that are considered desirable in pilot-instructors sent to Kabul.The main correspondents are as follows: HM Minister at Kabul (William Kerr Fraser-Tytler, Francis Verner Wylie, and Giles Frederick Squire), officials of the Air Ministry, officials of the Foreign Office, officials of the India Office (from August 1947, the Commonwealth Relations Office), 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.1 file (346 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 347; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
Persian - Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Personnel
- Geographic region:
- Afghanistan
Kabul - Extent:
- 1 file (346 folios)
- Rights:
- Unknown
Creative Commons Attribution Licence
Open Government Licence - Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000235_ar
81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000235_en
IOR/L/PS/12/2027 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers