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‘File 7/10 Mishaps to R.A.F. aircraft’ [52r] (105/200)
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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RttA#F» and request tliein to refund the anount of HSol20/- to
me in due course»
60 para 3
Regarding the Blenheim which crashed on ist February
I have Already reported this in para 12 od! uew^' Repoi't 110.3 of
1943 which crossed your letter.
As I was made to understand that the reward was to be
collected by donations I asked the H.A.F* to ^'ive Muhammad bin
Lahij Rs^lOO/- only which they did on 3rd as soon as they finish »
-ed work on the crashed aircraft. I fed iiuhamrnad and his brother
for one day and also gave them food for the road» The human act
of ruhammad in helping the two H.A*F® men for five miles and
also coining to 3harjali in tlmt wet ai^d stomy day# deserved
more than what I had recommended. Also Saif bin -^arad who will
-ingly offered his camel may be given a sum of lis650/-
Cn (3th i:arch MuheBBSd^hiS father and brother OflM to
me. I entertained them anu then gave them is<>30/- and also iice 1
i,
little rice, dates and coffee for ihe ro^d.
7. Few days before the crash of this Blenheim 1 toured
the area round Dhaid and talked to many of the Bani Qat&b,
Khawatir and Tunaij tribes about the help which they should
render to the H.A*F. and other British officials they may find
in the desert and also to send me information about them at
once»
is well educated and can influence the interior tribes to tour
British Officials whom they may find in their area on account
of forced landing or other reasons. I received assurances from
the I.u^im Bani Ka'ab Albu Shavis and the Dhawahir that they
would do every thing to comply with my request
9. Para4
There was no political reaction(a) because the man
was not killed instantly and(b) living in a village which is
hardly visited Toy outsiders. The H.A.F. have sent me a letter
80 About two months ago I also sent a speclul man who
that area anu speak to them on my behalf so that they may help
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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