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- 1943 Jan 5 - 1948 Mar 29 (Creation)
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1 file, 52 items
Scope and content
Notes, correspondence and drafts relating to articles, lectures and papers written by Brooke-Popham, notably material concerning the writing of 'Operations 1939-42: operations in France September 1939-June 1940', and 'Operations in 1939-42: the Norwegian campaign, 1940', Parts 9 and 10 of 'Role of the RAF in war and the strategical use of air power' (issued by the Department of the Air Member for Training, 1943-1944); text of an article entitled 'Sea, land and air power', in reply to an article by Adm Hon Sir Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax in the Royal United Services Institution Journal, Feb 1943; material on the centralised control of air forces, with a brief history of the unified air force, Mar 1943; a draft article by Brooke-Popham on the Battle of Britain, Sep 1943; draft for a booklet on the traditions of the RAF, [1943]; a draft article on the formation of the RAF Staff College, Andover, Hampshire. 1 file, 52 items.
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Existence and location of originals
Rhodes House Library at Oxford University holds correspondence and papers relating to Brooke-Popham's post as Governor and Commander in Chief of Kenya, 1936-1953, which were removed from the main body of the collection following its deposit at LHCMA.