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‘File 7/10 Mishaps to R.A.F. aircraft’ [51r] (103/200)
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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kindly to s^nd me a note containing the information I wanteds
T T e x jronis3d todo so "bu^ five d /s passed and I did loo ?et tlie
report® T then went to the Adjutant and asked him about the
Colonel when he told me that he had already left for India® He
however, showed me his report wricn I took to my office and
copied® While I was talking to the Adjutant the Commanding
Officer came u^ and he told me that he intended to come and see
ttu,
me to ask ny opinion about ^reward® This of course was the result
of my tcilk with some H»A®F® Officers on 19th to whom I suggested
that a good reward should be given in such cases otherwise the
Arabs would " ut take so much trouble. I explained vhe
amount of trouble and the expense to which I have been put on
account of the One Officer said that he would speak to
the Commanding Officer and aaked whether Rs.lOOO/- would be a
good present. I replied yes, but that every thing depended on the
ai ount of services rendered and the funds ^which the H.A»F. could
afford to pay (in the previous case of the Blenheim when I asked
how they would pay the reward I was told the amount was to be
collected by donations)6
a.
I said to the Conmandin^ officer that, jood reward
should be given and he said that he was prepared to pay whatever
I suggested. As the salavage of the wrecked machine was still
going I asked the Commanding Officer to inform me as soon as the
work was over about the amount of services rendered, guards and
etc., so that I may be able to give my opinion. The Cofomanding
Officer promised to do so but I have not yet received any® I
went twice to see the Commandii^g officer but he was not there.
5* I could not keep the men of the shaikh of Pujairah wait
-ing and had to give them lis<>20/- each and food for the road®
They left for Fu^airah on 17th February with a letter of thanks
to the Shaikh. I think a sum not less than Hs®1000/- should be
given to the Shaikh of Fujairah.
L T y servant spent Hs.120/- and I paid this amount from
my private purse and also ^jnd^rrmi him for his exceptionaly good
services of which I am very pleased. I will send a bill to the
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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