‘OVER MOUNT RAKAPOSHI: NOTABLE R.A.F. FLIGHT IN THE HIMALAYAS’ [153v] (2/2)
The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 28 Dec 1932. It was written in English. 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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Newspaper cuttings from The Times newspaper article, 28 December 1932, covering a Royal Air Force demonstration flight over the Himalayas in November 1932. This folio includes a print of an aerial photograph – taken during the course of the flight – showing three Hawker Harts flying over the mountains.
The flight did not fly over Mount Rakaposhi as claimed by the article.
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‘OVER MOUNT RAKAPOSHI: NOTABLE R.A.F. FLIGHT IN THE HIMALAYAS’ [153v] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/1993, f 153, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100036540748.0x00006d> [accessed 22 November 2024]
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