MANNING, Air Cdre Frederick John (1912-1988)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0099 KCLMA Manning
Held at	: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma ›
Full title	: MANNING, Air Cdre Frederick John (1912-1988)
Date(s)	: Created 1920-1985
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1.5 boxes or 0.015 cubic metres
Name of creator(s)	:

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1912; Cadet, Peninsula and Orient Steamship Navigation Company, 1928; Midshipman Royal Naval Reserve, 1929; Acting Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve, 1933; Pilot Officer, RAF, 1934; transferred to RAF Marine Craft Branch 1934; Commanding Officer, RAF Bridlington, 1935-1936; Flight Lt, 269 Sqn 1938; Anson pilot, Coastal Command, World War Two,1939-1945; Director of Organisation (Establishments), Air Ministry, 1944-1945; commanded RAF Station Shaibah, Abu Sueir Shallufa, 1945-1947; Group Captain, Organisation, HQ RAF Mediterranean and Middle East, 1947-1948; Senior Air Advisor and DepartmentalHead of Mission, British Services Mission, Burma, 1949-1952; Senior Air Officer in charge of administration, HQ Transport Command, 1952-1956; Deputy Director of Work Study, Air Ministry, 1956-1959; Director of Manning at Air Ministry, 1960-1963; Air Officer, Administration, HQ Near East Air Force, 1963-1965; HQ Fighter Command, 1965-1967; retired in 1967; died in 1988.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Official papers relating to Air Council powers to regulate Air Force Establishments, 1920-1924; flying log books, 1933-1958 and photographs relating to the RAF, 1930s; papers dated 1934-1985 relating to service as Commanding Officer at the Marine Craft Detachment in Bridlington, East Yorkshire, including notes and photographs relating to T E Lawrence; papers relating toWorld War Two, including organisation of RAF in Northwest Africa, 1943; papers dated 1946-1953 including lecture notes relating to RAF organisation and management.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Arranged chronologically within sections according to military service.

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.

Finding aids:

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

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Placed in the Centre by the family in 1991.

Allied Materials

Related material:

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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Date(s) of descriptions:
Jun 1996