GB 0099 KCLMA Collier - COLLIER, AVM Sir (Alfred) Conrad (1895-1986)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Collier Created 1968-1969 Collection (fonds) 1 file Collier , Sir , (Alfred) Conrad , 1895-1986 , Knight , Air Vice Marshal
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.

Carbon copies presented in the Centre by Collier in 1982 and photocopies made by the Centre in 1982 from originals loaned by Collier.

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.

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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

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.
English

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

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).

Decorations: KCB, CBE
Feb 1997 Armed forces Collier , Sir , Alfred Conrad , 1895-1986 , Knight , Air Vice Marshal Diplomacy Eastern Europe Faymonville , Philip R , fl 1918-1943 , US Brigadier General , Lend-Lease administrator in Moscow Foreign aid Foreign relations International cooperation International politics International relations Julian , Thomas A , fl 1968-1969 , US Lieutenant Colonel Military missions Military organizations Moscow North America Organizations RAF , Royal Air Force x Royal Air Force Russian Federation Soviet Union State security USA US Air Force US Army USSR

Carbon copies presented in the Centre by Collier in 1982 and photocopies made by the Centre in 1982 from originals loaned by Collier.

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.

1 file

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

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.

• English

• Latin

English

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).

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

Decorations: KCB, CBE

Decorations: KCB, CBE

• English