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Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

AMLOT, Air Cdre Douglas Lloyd [1910]-1979


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Amlot

Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

Title: AMLOT, Air Cdre Douglas Lloyd [1910]-1979

Date(s): 1938-1950

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Air Commodore Douglas Lloyd Amlot

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born [1910]; acquired Civil Pilot's Licence, 1933; commissioned into the RAF, 1935; converted to RAF Service Flying at 4 Flying Training School, Abu Sueir, Egypt, [1935]; posted to 6 Sqn RAF at Ismailia, Egypt, and was engaged in operations in Palestine, where he was awarded the DFC for gallantry in the air, 1936-1938; appointed RAF Flying Instructor at RAF College Cranwell and then Chief Flying Instructor at 21 RAF Flying School at Kumalo, Rhodesia, [1939-1941]; commanded 27 RAF Elementary Flying School at Induna, Rhodesia, [1941]; commanded RAF Station, Cardington, taught at RAF Staff College, Hampshire, and was posted to Organisation Planning at the Air Ministry, [1942-1946]; commanded 1 Group, Royal Pakistan Air Force, and was responsible for supply dropping operations in Kashmir, [1947-1948]; assumed position of Chief of Staff, Royal Pakistan Air Force, during the absence of Commander in Chief AVM Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley in Australia, 1949; Director of Air Training, Air Ministry, [1951]; awarded CBE, 1951; died Mar 1979.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Collection includes manuscript memorandum by Amlot to 6 Sqn RAF Headquarters relating to the suppression of terrorist activities in Palestine, 15 Sep 1938; and press cuttings relating to the Royal Pakistan Air Force, 1948-1950, including mention of Pakistan's procurement of Dakota aircraft, Nov 1949; Amlot's inauguration of the first University Air Sqn at Dacca, East Pakistan, Nov 1949; articles written by Amlot relating to Royal Pakistan Air Force training, strategy, and force strengths, Aug-Sep 1950.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre in 1979 by the family

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 1999


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Arab Revolt (1936-1939) | Revolutionary movements | Political movements
Armed forces | State security
Colonial conflicts | Colonial countries | Political systems
Government departments | Central government | Public administration | Government
India-Pakistan Civil War (1947-1948) | Civil war | Political movements
Military aircraft | Aircraft | Vehicles | Transport
Military education | Higher science education
Terrorism | Crime
War | International conflicts
International relations
Military organizations

Personal names
Amlot | Douglas Lloyd | ? 1910-1979 | Air Commodore
Atcherley | Richard Llewellyn Roger | 1904-1970 | Air Marshal

Corporate names
Air Ministry
RAF | Royal Air Force x Royal Air Force
Royal Pakistan Air Force

Places
Bangladesh | South Asia
Cranwell | Lincolnshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Dacca | East Pakistan
India | South Asia
Israel | Middle East
Kashmir | South Asia
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Pakistan | South Asia
Palestine | Middle East
East Pakistan x Bangladesh
South East Asia