'File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters' [‎147v] (303/506)

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This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bushire, Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat; officials in the 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. and the Government of India; the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies; officials of the Air Ministry, London; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government; RAF (Royal Air Force) officials at the Iraq Command; the High Commissioner of Iraq at Baghdad; the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and members of No. 203 Squadron RAF.

The correspondence concerns the establishment of an air route along the Arabian littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; seaplane reconnaisance missions in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. carried out by No. 203 Squadron RAF; the construction of landing grounds, seaplane anchorages and refuelling stations at various locations along the Arabian littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , including Kuwait, al-Ḥasā’, Bahrain, Qatar, Ṣīr Banī Yās, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Umm al-Quwayn, Ra's al-Khaymah, Muscat and Maṣīrah island.

Also included within these papers are:

• Sketch map of northern Bahrain depicting Manamah and Sitrah Island (f. 85);
• Notes by the Air Staff on the Regulations of Air Control in Undeveloped Countries, dated 21 November 1928 (f. 65);
• Plan Showing Landing Ground in Bahrein (f. 108B);
• Details of Air Chief Marshal Sir William Geoffrey Hanson Salmond's 1929 air journey to India;
• Details of Under-Secretary of State for Air Sir Philip Sassoon's 1931-32 air journey to India.

Extent and format

1 volume (248 folios)

Arrangement

This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled and can be found in the top right of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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