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Catalogue description Air Ministry and Successors: Civil Aviation Accident Reports (C, W, and S Reports) and Technical Memoranda
| Reference: | AVIA 5 |
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| Title: | Air Ministry and Successors: Civil Aviation Accident Reports (C, W, and S Reports) and Technical Memoranda |
| Description: |
Reports containing brief descriptions of accidents involving civil aircraft; details on the aircraft; names of owners, pilots and passengers, opinions as to the cause of the accidents; and recommendations regarding defective design, etc. Some of the reports (in pieces 19-25, 27-36 and 39-40) contain photographs of the aircraft accidents, and some reports (in pieces 20-21, 25, 27 and 31) contain maps of the accident areas. |
| Date: | 1919-1976 |
| Arrangement: |
Chronological. Reports 1919 to 1936 - were designated C (pieces 1-18); Reports 1937 to 1949 - W (pieces 19-30); and Reports 1950 to 1962 - S (pieces 30-41). |
| Separated material: |
Few of the investigation reports of accidents survive for the period between February to December 1944 although information may sometimes be found in the Air Ministry correspondence in AIR 2: |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Air Ministry, Accidents Branch, 1918-1945 Board of Trade, Accidents Investigation Branch, 1967-1970 Department of Trade and Industry, Accidents Investigation Branch, 1970-1974 Department of Trade, Accidents Investigation Branch, 1974-1983 Ministry of Aviation, Accidents Investigation Branch, 1959-1967 Ministry of Civil Aviation, Accidents Investigation Branch, 1946-1953 Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Accidents Investigation Branch, 1953-1959 |
| Physical description: | 45 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
from 1965 Air Ministry |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Air Ministry was responsible for the investigation of air accidents between 1918 and 1945, when this responsibility was transferred to the Ministry of Civil Aviation. |
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