Coll 5/60(2) ‘Afghanistan: Further purchase of Hind aircraft from UK by Afghan Govt’

Name: Coll 5/60(2) ‘Afghanistan: Further purchase of Hind aircraft from UK by Afghan Govt’
Author: Air Ministry (correspondent) | Foreign Office (correspondent) | Indian Political Service, External Affairs Department (correspondent) | HM Ambassador to Afghanistan (correspondent)

İsim	Coll 5/60(2) ‘Afghanistan: Further purchase of Hind aircraft from UK by Afghan Govt’
Yazar	Air Ministry (correspondent) \| Foreign Office (correspondent) \| Indian Political Service, External Affairs Department (correspondent) \| HM Ambassador to Afghanistan (correspondent)
Basım Tarihi:	1938/1944
Basım Yeri	- Qatar National Library
Konu	Military aircraft \| Hawker Hind (Bomber) \| Rolls-Royce Kestrel Engines \| Arms sales \| more \| less
Tür	Kitap
Dil	İngilizce
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Sayfa Sayısı	537
Fiziksel Boyutlar	1 file (537 folios)
Kütüphane:	Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	81055/vdc_100000000555.0x00022f_ar \| 81055/vdc_100000000555.0x00022f_en \| IOR/L/PS/12/2021
Kayıt Numarası	81055%2Fvdc_100000000555.0x00022f_dlme
Lokasyon	British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Tarih	1938/1944
Notlar	The file is concerned with the purchase of twenty second-hand Hawker Hind aircraft by the Afghan Government with associated accessories, weapons, and spares. The aircraft in question was purchased from the British Government by the Government of India for resale to Afghanistan. The file contains correspondence related to ordering and shipping the aircraft, and arrangements for financing and making payments. The supply of a number of replacement Kestrel V engines is also documented within the file, as a result of a number of supplied engines proving to be unserviceable; a report outlining possible reasons for the engine failures can be found on folio 141. See folios 32-38 for a copy of the final agreement governing the purchase.The file also contains a limited amount of correspondence related to the maintenance of the British aviation instructors employed at Kabul, as the continued employment of these instructors was a condition stipulated by the British Government for the sale of the aircraft. A report written by Edward George Honeywood Russell-Stracey on the work undertaken by these instructors during 1938 can be found on folios 520-525.The main correspondents are as follows: HM Minister at Kabul (William Kerr Fraser-Tytler), officials of the Air Ministry, officials of the Foreign Office, officials of the India Office (George Edmond Crombie and Roland Tennyson Peel), and officials 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 (537 folios) \| The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. \| Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 538; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. \| more \| less
Parçası Olduğu	British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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Coll 5/60(2) ‘Afghanistan: Further purchase of Hind aircraft from UK by Afghan Govt’

Yazar Air Ministry (correspondent) | Foreign Office (correspondent) | Indian Political Service, External Affairs Department (correspondent) | HM Ambassador to Afghanistan (correspondent)

Basım Tarihi 1938/1944

Basım Yeri - Qatar National Library

Tür Kitap

Dil İngilizce

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Sayfa Sayısı 537

Fiziksel Boyutlar 1 file (537 folios)

Kütüphane Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası 81055/vdc_100000000555.0x00022f_ar | 81055/vdc_100000000555.0x00022f_en | IOR/L/PS/12/2021

Kayıt Numarası 81055%2Fvdc_100000000555.0x00022f_dlme

Lokasyon British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers

Tarih 1938/1944

Notlar The file is concerned with the purchase of twenty second-hand Hawker Hind aircraft by the Afghan Government with associated accessories, weapons, and spares. The aircraft in question was purchased from the British Government by the Government of India for resale to Afghanistan. The file contains correspondence related to ordering and shipping the aircraft, and arrangements for financing and making payments. The supply of a number of replacement Kestrel V engines is also documented within the file, as a result of a number of supplied engines proving to be unserviceable; a report outlining possible reasons for the engine failures can be found on folio 141. See folios 32-38 for a copy of the final agreement governing the purchase.The file also contains a limited amount of correspondence related to the maintenance of the British aviation instructors employed at Kabul, as the continued employment of these instructors was a condition stipulated by the British Government for the sale of the aircraft. A report written by Edward George Honeywood Russell-Stracey on the work undertaken by these instructors during 1938 can be found on folios 520-525.The main correspondents are as follows: HM Minister at Kabul (William Kerr Fraser-Tytler), officials of the Air Ministry, officials of the Foreign Office, officials of the India Office (George Edmond Crombie and Roland Tennyson Peel), and officials 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 (537 folios) | The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. | Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 538; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. | more | less

Parçası Olduğu British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers