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'File 6/17 Air, Sea and Land Rescue Organisation' [7r] (13/200)
The record is made up of 1 file (98 folios). It was created in 28 Aug 1947-9 May 1949. It was written in English. 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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A.I I.Q.J EAST AFRICA . (Contd)
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Air/k a rine Craft Types. - Ansons. (Temooraiy
availability of i Lancasters and a Dakota).
Rescu e Equii^ment. ••• Parachute supply packs
at R.A.P. Kisurnu, Mombasa, Eastleigh*
Other rescue Facilities. - Ground search through
local Government officials in tov/ns and villages
Mobile surgical tean bas^d No. 1 General Hospital,
Nairobi, available for air transportation to scene
of incident. A.H.Q. East Africa Communication Flights
Possi' le assistance from East African Airways Company,
. KHARTOUM.
Arc . vorod by Area C ontrol Cent re 1 Sud an*♦
22 o 0u':,, 25°00 , E, to L2 o 00''I, 39^00’E. to
04 o 0d'' , 39°00 »s. thence ’.Vestwards along to
04°00h,, to the boundary of the Belgian Congo •-
and Aaglo-Egyptian Sudan, continuing Northwards
aloe the Sudanese boundary to 22°00 r l, 25 o 00*E,
Positi m of Facilitio s^. - R.A.F# Station KhaDatoum,*
Control. lin r, Authority. - Area Control Centro
Sudan situated at R.a.F. Khartoum.
Air/ . Hne Craf t Tyi-ies. - Anson, Wellington.
Resc -.o Equipment. - Supply Dropping Containers.
Mk. VN. at Khartoum.
Other Rescue Facilities. - Consists of co-operation
v/ith British Military Service, Sudan Defence Forog*
Sudan Police, District Commissionaires, and Sudan
Railways,
LEVANT
A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
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Area Covered. - is within the area of control of
R.A.F. A.C.C. ’Egypt 1 . (Fayid).
Position of Facilities. - R.A.F, Ein Shemer, R.A # F, Aajj f
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Cont ra I ling Authority. - Area Control Gentry ’Egypt
in co-operation with I .^..F, Station Aqir#
Air/lfa rinc Craft Ty..os. - Lancasters, l Pinimce.
Resc ue Squi, mont. ■■ 2 Airborne Lifeboats 'I set of
Apparatus Sea Rescue T;/pe ’A’ Mk.II ^LindholmQ),
Other escue Lb.cilitres > - Local liaison/with Royal /
I'Javg Haifa, Palestine police launches. 1 R.A.F.
Pinnace available tiirough R.A.F. Nicosia. Land rescue
assist nee available from British Army.
Transjordan
Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan
Frontier Force, Palestine Police, Arab Legion. This
assist .nee is obtainable through R.A.F. station Aqir,
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Air Commodof^,
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This file contains papers relating to the organisation of rescue operations coordinated by the British naval, air force, and army stations, primarily in the Middle East and Mediterranean regions. The papers list various military stations and bases alongside the area coordinates for which respective military stations are responsible.
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- 1 file (98 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 100; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-98; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/5/292
- Title
- 'File 6/17 Air, Sea and Land Rescue Organisation'
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- front, front-i, 2r:99v, 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