‘NEAR BUNJI. 43/I C/2 5.6.’
IOR/L/PS/12/1993, f 163
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The record is made up of 1 photograph. It was created in 26 Jan 1935. 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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An aerial photograph taken during a flight by the Royal Air Force from Risalpur to Gilgit on 5 November 1934 at 09:54. This photograph shows three RAF Hawker Hart aircraft flying near Bunji at approximately 10,000 feet.
The photograph was taken by a technical camera; the following gauges are visible on the photographic print: an altitude meter indicating the height of the aircraft, spirit levels showing the pitch of the aircraft, a counter indicating the number of exposures, and a watch indicating the time the photograph was shot.
On the reverse of the print is a stamp reading ‘ROYAL AIR FORCE CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED’, No. 2 Indian Wing Station, dated 26 January 1935.
See folios 131-141 for particulars on the flight in question.
- Extent and format
- 1 photograph
- It is part of
- Coll 5/39 ‘Flights of RAF aeroplanes to Gilgit; flights of foreign aircraft over Gilgit and Chitral’409 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/12/1993
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 218 x 84mm
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Photograph
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- 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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/1993, f 163
- Date(s)
- 26 Jan 1935 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Bunji
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1993, f 163
- Title
- ‘NEAR BUNJI. 43/I C/2 5.6.’
- Pages
- 163r:163v
- Author
- Royal Air Force
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- Public Domain