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‘File 7/33 Demonstration flights over Trucial Coast by R.A.F. bombers from Air Head Quarters Iraq’ [12r] (25/38)
The record is made up of 1 file (17 folios). It was created in 28 May 1949-16 Jul 1949. 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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FER3IAH GULF
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.
,
BAHRAIN,
10th July, 1940.
(258/8/49)
I have received from the Air Staff
Liaison Officer 9 Bahraini a copy of his report
on "Demonstration Flights by 84 Squadron orer
Trucial Shaikhdons - June 1949** • I am most
grateful to you for arranging these demonstrations
ehich were carried out exactly on the lines
desired. I have not yet received any reports of
their effect but there is every reason to hope
that they achieved the object intended* I am also
grateful for the trouble taken to ensure that
this object was understood by the local Rulers.
.
Air Vice-Marshal J#N■ Boot/hmaix. C«H« ^ ^
Air Officer Commanding #
Royal Air Force - Iraq f
Habbanlyah.
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The file’s correspondence and other papers concern a demonstration by Royal Air Force [RAF] aircraft, which took place over the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (including Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah) in June 1949. The correspondents in the file include the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay), and various RAF officials from Air Headquarters in Habbaniyah in Iraq. A report of the demonstration, written by GE Lewis, Air Staff Liaison Officer, is included in the file (folios 13-14). Proposals for a bombing demonstation outside Sharjah for October or November 1949 are also discussed by officials.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (17 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. Circled index numbers written using blue/red crayon can be found throughout the file, and refer to the office notes at the end of the file (folio 17).
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: foliation sequence begins on the front cover and ends on the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The following foliation anomalies occur: 1, and 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/15/2/293
- Title
- ‘File 7/33 Demonstration flights over Trucial Coast by R.A.F. bombers from Air Head Quarters Iraq’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar:1av, 2r:17v, 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