I am planning to go to the National Archives (PRO, as was) at Kew fairly soon. I have been asked by someone I owe a big favour to if I would look up for them to see if a copy of the official report into the Hudson crash in which Sir Frederick Banting died has survived there. (February 20th 1941, near Musgrave Harbour Newfoundland, off the top of my head I think the plane was T4493). Two copies apparently were made – one that went to Newfoundland has been cunningly lost while the other is not in the RAF Museum archives.
Can anyone offer me any pointers as to where to look? My experience of records relating to aviation there is limited to a few combat reports I looked up once, so any assistance would be appreciated – until I know which classmarks it might appear (or not!) in I’m not even sure how much use I can get out of the search engine!
Any assistance greatly appreciated,
Adrian
By: adrian_gray - 31st August 2004 at 16:20
I’d just like to say Thank You! to Jagan and JDK for their assistance (I’d have done it sooner but I’ve been away for ten days…). The file still will not surface – it appears not to have survived. Hmmm…
Adrian
By: Jagan - 13th August 2004 at 14:29
Adrian, Also consult the RAF Commands board (www.rafcommands.com) which has its fair share of NA/PRO Researchers who can give good tips on which files to look.
By: JDK - 13th August 2004 at 11:41
Hi Adrian,
I’m not an expert, but I have done some sucessful digging at the PRO. Have you looked at their website? (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm) The data is indexed, and you can dig around there before you go.
Once you are there, the staff are very helpful.
Good luck!
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