IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Collier
Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London
Title: COLLIER, AVM Sir (Alfred) Conrad (1895-1986)
Date(s): Created 1968-1969
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 file
Name of creator(s): Collier | Sir | (Alfred) Conrad | 1895-1986 | Knight | Air Vice Marshal
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born in 1895; educated at Sherborne School; 2nd Lt, 9 King's Own (Royal Lancashire) Regt, 1914; joined Royal Flying Corps, 1915; served in France, 1915; POW, 1915-1918; served in Northern Russia, 1919; served on the Control Commission in Austria and Hungary, 1920-1922; Air Adviser to the Estonian Army, 1928; studied at RAF Staff College, 1931; commanded No 12 (Bomber) Sqn, 1934; Air Attaché, Moscow, 1934-1937; Deputy Director of Plans, Air Ministry, 1938; Senior Air Staff Officer, Advanced Air Striking Force, France, 1940; Director of Allied Air Cooperation, Air Ministry, 1940; Head of Air Section, British Military Mission to Moscow, 1941; Air Officer in charge of Administration, Army HQ, India, 1942-1943; Deputy Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Transport Command, 1943-1945; Air Officer Commanding No 3 Group, Bomber Command, 1946; AVM, 1946; Director General of Technical Services, Ministry of Civil Aviation, 1946-1947; Controller of Technical and Operational Services, Ministry of Civil Aviation, 1947-1948; died in 1986.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Correspondence relating to Collier's work as Air Attaché in Moscow, 1934-1937, and as Head of the Air Section of the British Military Mission to Moscow, 1941, with particular reference to the role of Brig Gen Philip R Faymonville, United States Army, Military Attaché and later Lend-Lease Administrator in Moscow, 1934-1943, in relations between the USA and the USSR during the period 1918-1943, consisting of photocopies of letters to Collier from Lt Col Thomas A Julian, Associate Professor of History at the USAF Academy and carbon copies of Collier's replies, dated 1968-1969.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
1 file
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 available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Carbon copies presented in the Centre by Collier in 1982 and photocopies made by the Centre in 1982 from originals loaned by Collier.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
The Public Record Office holds an account of his World War One experiences, 1914-1920, written as a Staff College assignment, 1931 (AIR 1/2392/228/11/181).
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Decorations: KCB, CBE
Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 1997