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‘File 7/10 Mishaps to R.A.F. aircraft’ [5r] (11/200)
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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CiOUFIDi^NTIAL
NO.D.5341-W/40.
From
The Under Secretary to the Ciovernnjerit of India
in the External ..fiaire Department,
To
The ^hief Secretary to the Ciovermnent of
the Korth Weet Frontier Province,
Dated New Delhi, the i7th December 1940.
SUBJECT : Movementfc of military aircraft.
Sir,
With reference to your undated letter j:o.l6e6-P,
I am directed to ay that a certain Officer referred
in a telegram to a jrivate adire.e to the date on
which a military aircraft was flying. The Oificer ie
not etationed in the .North we11 Frontier Province.
Thie led to the ietue of the inetructionb contained
in the letter from the 9overnment of'India in the
HiJtternal affaire Department Ho: D,457l-rt/4X), dated the
2nd October 194c*
f
2« The Government of India agree ihat in caeee of
extreme emergency where no other courte ie possible
the restriction imposed in their letter referred to
above may e relaxed.
1 have the honour to be
Sir,
Your mofct obeiient servant,
Gd/- H # T " # M.3aker,
Under btcretary to the Uovernraent of
India.
Copy with a copy of t.^e letter replied to, forwarded
for information to:
The Hou'ble the ^gent to the Governor General
Heeident and Chief (jommissioner in
jaluchi ttan.
The Resident in "Kashmir.
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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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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/275
- Title
- ‘File 7/10 Mishaps to R.A.F. aircraft’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar:1av, 2r:9v, 11r:16v, 17v:18v, 20r:21v, 23r:64v, 65v:80v, 81v:84v, 85v:86v, 87v:89v, 90v:98v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence