Catalogue description Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Operations Record Books, Miscellaneous Units

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Reference: AIR 29
Title: Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Operations Record Books, Miscellaneous Units
Description:

This series consists of Operation Record Books (form 540) and appendices (form 541) for units of the RAF other than Commands, Wings, Squadrons or Stations. Also included are some ORBs for Dominion Air Force units operating as part of the RAF during the Second World War. Although the system of Operation Record Books started after the First World War, few Books in this series date from before the mid 1930s.

Date: 1912-1996
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 6125 files and volumes
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1973 Ministry of Defence

Accruals: Series is accruing.
Unpublished finding aids:

Hard-copy indexes to units and places are available at The National Archives

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