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‘File 7/10 Mishaps to R.A.F. aircraft’ [49r] (99/200)
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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At 9 Si .m* on Friday 12th Pebiyary 1943, although not quite fit^
I went to see the Commanding Officer but was told by the
Adjutant that the Commanding officer was not present (flying).
On 12£h p.m# I heard that an Arab by name Khamis bin
Sa'id Aba^s-Safi of KhanCSharjah) village received some injuries
on account of a bomb bursting near him and splinters getting
into his body. He was on his way from the village to the desert
to cut grass.
I received no report about this incid^mt either from
the RoAoF. or from the Shaikh©
When f/o A.B#C*Nunn was with me on 19th February 1943
the Shaikh happened to call on me. I asked him about the case
and he told me that Khamis was seriously ill on Thursday and
that his brother asked the Shaikh for some help and^gave him
some money from his private purse. Khamis died on February 19th
in his village.
The bombing ran^e is in an open desert accross which
there are tm ny camel and motor roads wMch are frequented by
various people from different p <trts of the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
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Batinah and the interior of 7^moino
When the Commanding Officer asked the Shaikh^ parmis'S
-«ion to use this area as a bombing range, he, of his own
accord, promised to detail one askari(guard) at each corner of
the bombing range to keep away the people from the area while
the bombing is taking place. I understand from F/0 Nunn that
this practice has been stopped and replaced by poles with small
red jglags which are being kept flying all the time in the bomb
-ing range®
Dated 22nd February 1943.
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NO o C/177 '^/3 (6) British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
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Sharjah.
24th February 1943
Copy forwarded for information, toi-
1. The Commanding officer R.A*F*Station f sharjah.
2. 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.
, Bahrain. ^ i
OAr\
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Agent,SharJaho
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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
- 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
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- Open Government Licence