Papers relating to the East Midlands Universities Air Squadron, 1972-1982

The collection includes:

• Issues 1 to 4 and the 1982 issue of 'EMU' magazine, magazine of the squadron. Partly undated, c.1974-1982 (UN UU 9/1);
• Stapled volume of The History of the East Midlands Universities Air Squadron by G.J. Eltringham. Undated, c.1972 (UN UU 9/2);
• Outline of conditions of service for University Air Squadrons issued by the Ministry of Defence. 1986 (UN UU 9/3).

University College Nottingham Air Squadron was formed in April 1941 to give training equivalent to the Initial Training Wing Course. Broadgate House, Beeston was converted to lecture rooms and offices for the squadron headquarters. Professor C.M. Attlee M.A., head of the Department of Education, was appointed commanding officer with the rank of Wing Commander. By 15 July 1941, 32 students had passed the selection and medical board and were issued with kit at RAF Hucknall. They went to RAF Newton on the following day and became the first students of the squadron. The squadron's name changed to Nottingham University Air Squadron in 1948 following the college's change of status to a university.

A Technical Flight unit was established in 1953 but by 1955, economy measures had cut the Flying Flight by a third and two planes were taken away. The 1960s saw a boom in popularity for places in the squadron. In November 1967, the name changed to East Midlands Universities Air Squadron to reflect the support and recruitment from Leicester and Loughborough universities and Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham. By the 1970s, the squadron was integrated into the training structure of the RAF. In 2001, the squadron moved its flying activities from RAF Newton to RAF Cranwell. It is still in existence and remains affiliated to The University of Nottingham.

The collection has been divided by document type into series. Within these series, items have been arranged chronologically.

ACCESS: Pending full cataloguing, access is available only to registered readers by advance notice and agreement.

LANGUAGE: English

This description is the only finding aid available for the collection. Copyright in the description belongs to The University of Nottingham.

REPROGRAPHIC: Reprographic copies can be supplied for educational use and private study purposes only, depending on access status and the condition of the documents.

COPYRIGHT: Permission to make published use of any material from this collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Keeper of the Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections (email mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk). The Department will try to assist in identifying copyright owners but the responsibility for copyright clearance before publication ultimately rests with the reader.

The collection was transferred to The University of Nottingham's Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections on three occasions between December 1975 and December 2000.

• The University of Nottingham; Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections: Issues of 'EMU' and 'EUMAS magazine', magazines of the East Midlands Universities Air Squadron. 1977-2001. Reference: Special Collection Periodicals Not U
• The University of Nottingham; Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections: Photograph of three trainer planes used by the squadron flying past the Trent building and Portland building (under construction) in University Park. Undated, c. 1955. Reference: ACC 996

• Collections of papers of other university air squadrons are recorded on the National Register of Archives.