RAF Casualty Packs 1939-45 Public Access

[Franek Grabowski]

Frank see my post above

Paul, what do you mean?

[paulmcmillan]

Temporarily Retained by Department
AIR 81/250
AIR 81/9361
AIR 81/13367



All closed files until approx 2079 Most will be auto released 1 Jan 2022 or 1 Jan 2023 etc but some are on long tail to 2079 !! Without a FoI request to reconsider

Citable Reference
AIR 81/1491
AIR 81/1495
AIR 81/1499
AIR 81/1509
AIR 81/1510
AIR 81/1511
AIR 81/1515
AIR 81/1516
AIR 81/1518
AIR 81/1522
AIR 81/1523
AIR 81/1525
AIR 81/1526
AIR 81/1527
AIR 81/1529
AIR 81/1530/1
AIR 81/1532
AIR 81/1533
AIR 81/1534/1
AIR 81/1538
AIR 81/1544
AIR 81/1546
AIR 81/1547
AIR 81/1548
AIR 81/1550
AIR 81/1552
AIR 81/1553
AIR 81/1556
AIR 81/1559
AIR 81/1561
AIR 81/1563
AIR 81/1566
AIR 81/1568
AIR 81/1571
AIR 81/1573
AIR 81/1575/1
AIR 81/1577
AIR 81/1578
AIR 81/1591
AIR 81/1593
AIR 81/1596
AIR 81/1598
AIR 81/1600
AIR 81/1602
AIR 81/1603
AIR 81/1605/1
AIR 81/1609/1
AIR 81/1612
AIR 81/1617
AIR 81/1618
AIR 81/1620
AIR 81/1621
AIR 81/1622
AIR 81/1632
AIR 81/1638
AIR 81/1649
AIR 81/1664
AIR 81/1666
AIR 81/1667
AIR 81/1670
AIR 81/1672
AIR 81/1677
AIR 81/1681
AIR 81/1686
AIR 81/1687
AIR 81/1689
AIR 81/1695
AIR 81/1698
AIR 81/1701
AIR 81/1714
AIR 81/1746
AIR 81/1754
AIR 81/1756
AIR 81/1767
AIR 81/1781
AIR 81/1795
AIR 81/1817
AIR 81/1823
AIR 81/1831
AIR 81/1876/1
AIR 81/1885
AIR 81/1933/1
AIR 81/1946
AIR 81/1953/1
AIR 81/1990
AIR 81/2117
AIR 81/2212
AIR 81/2221
AIR 81/2278/1
AIR 81/2321
AIR 81/2567

[Franek Grabowski]

Hmm, could we pin down those ref nos to a particular accidents? It sounds really weird why they were retained.

[paulmcmillan]

I think they may be retained as they may be part of an ongoing enquiry that’s my my guess anyway

[Franek Grabowski]

I think they may be retained as they may be part of an ongoing enquiry that’s my my guess anyway

Up to 2076?! I am not going to live forever! If we could nail down the cases closed, perhaps it would give a nature of them.

[paulmcmillan]

I will put up a list in long tail ones later if anyone fancy’s a FOI request to get them to review - the long tail is probably due to fact someone else made enquiry on them in last 80 years or so

[PeteS]

Is it known if the situation is progressing or if work has been put on hold ?
thanks
Pete

[Alex Smart]

Hello,
Are some of the German documents/photographs available from a German source ?
If so it may well explain the surfacing of photographs for sale on e-bay of captured and dead airmen.
Alex

[PeteS]

I have just received Mary Hudson's "RAF WW2 Operational and Flying Accident Casualty Files in the National Archives - exploring their contents", a 302 page study by a former RAF officer who used the files during her service. I got my copy via Amazon. SUPERB looking volume, very well illustrated. It has the appearance of a very useful read.
cheers PeteS

[Don Clark]

Interesting news from PeteS.

In Australia, Mary Hudson RAF WWII Operational and Flying Accident Casualty Files in The National Archives: Exploring their Contents (Pen & Sword 2020)
is available from Amazon and from Booktopia (which I prefer), in hardcover or as an eBook (cheaper but not my preference).

Booktopia prices, new, are generally slightly lower.

While Pen & Sword has had a patchy record in proofing/editing and, too often, poor to ludicrous image quality, this title (on preview at least) looks to be of first quality.