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‘File 7/10 Mishaps to R.A.F. aircraft’ [19r] (39/200)
The record is made up of 1 file (96 folios). It was created in 2 Oct 1940-14 May 1946. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LTD.
V
BAHRAIN
PERSIAN GULP.
D0/Msc/2817
9tli February, 1942
Dear i /fl /P' iiJ
Many thanks for your D.O. No.C/182 dated the 8th
February 1942,
I believe that the R.A.F. actually paid the guards
Rs,30/- and took receipts with the knowledge of the
Shaikh. When I was there at the time the aeroplane
crashed he made it very clear that he expected to be
reimbursed for any expense on account of guards over the
plane. I can quite understand, however, that he would
not wish it to be generally known, particularly in
Bahrain, that he was accepting any recompense in such
circumstances•
Yours sincerely.
E. B. Wakefield, Esq., I.C.S.,
The
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Bahrain.
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- Content
The letters, telegrams and other papers in the file relate to various forced landings or crashes of Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft, as well as other incidents involving the RAF, in and around the Gulf, during and immediately after the Second World War. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bahrain, the Political Officer on the Trucial coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (both posts being occupied by numerous incumbents), and a number of RAF officials.
The key events and topics discussed in the file are: reports of a crashed Blenheim aircraft near Dohah [Doha] in December 1941; reports of a missing Boston aircraft in May 1942, and the subsequent discovery of it having made a forced landing on the Persian coast while skirting prohibited airspace above Bahrain; reports of a crashed Bisley aircraft near Sharjah in March 1943; the recovery of aircrews and salvage of aeroplanes; the treatment of aircrews by local inhabitants, including payments to guards requested to protect crash sites; and an incident in February 1942 in which a man was accidentally killed at the bombing range at Sharjah.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (96 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front of the file to the latest at the end. The office notes at the end of the file (folios 93-98) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The file is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using pencil numbers written in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . The following foliation anomalies occur: 1, 1A.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/275
- Title
- ‘File 7/10 Mishaps to R.A.F. aircraft’
- Pages
- 10r:10v, 19r:19v
- Author
- Packer, Ernest Vincent
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