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'File 6/17 Air, Sea and Land Rescue Organisation' [22r] (43/200)
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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Contd.../7
H. Q. B.F. ADEI'J (Cintd)
(5) Rescue Equipment. Supply Dropping Containers at R.A.F.
Khormaksar.
(6) Othe r R escu e Facilities , - i aval co-operation through
Naval Officer in Charge, *.den. Land forces for search
and rescue availabe through Service and local Government
sources at Masirah, Salalah, Riyan, Eastern and Western
Aden Protectorates, Largeisa, and Asmara,
A.H.O. EAST AFRIGi. .
(1) Area Covered by Area Control Centre Bas t Af rica.
04 o r0'H, 50°00'B. to 10°0*'S. E. along latitude
10®OO , S. Westuard to the boundary of the Belgian Congo
thence following this boundary Northward to Latitude
04°00 r N, to 04*00% 50°CP 1 E.
(2) Po sition of Facilities . - R.A.F, Eastleigh.
(3) C ontrolling Authority. - area C®ntrol Centre, East
Africa at R....F, Eastleigh.
(4) airAiarine Craft Types . 3 ^nsons, 1 Dakota (Temporary
availability of 3 Lancasters and another Dakota).
(3) Rescue Equipment - Parachute supply packs at R.. 1 .F.
Eastleigh,
(6) Other ncscue Facilities . - Ground search through
local Government officials in towns and villages Mobile
surgical team based No. 1 General Hospital, Nairobi,
available for air transportation to scene of incident.
A.H, q., East Africa C^mminication Flight, Possible
assistance from East African Ain/ays Company.
R.-.F. KHnRTQUM
0) Area Covered by nrca Control Centre * Sudan* ,
22JWN, 25°C0'E, to 22^00'N, 39°00 , E. to 04 o 00 f N
39 O 00’E. thence Westwards along to 04*00*A, to the
boundary of the Belgian Congo and ..nglo- Egyptian
Sudan, continuing Northwards along the Sudanese
boundary to 22 o 00*N, 23°L0(E,
(^) Position of x^acilities. - R.A,F. Station Khartoum.
O) Controlling Authority . - ^rea Control Centre Sudan
situated at R.A.F, Khartoum.
(4) Aiy/Mar in e Craft Types. - Anson Wellington,,
(3) Rescue Equipment. - Supply Dropping Containers.
Mk. VD. at iliartoum.
(3) Other -Q.scue rhcilities. - Consiots of co-operation
with British Military Service, Sudan Defence Force,
Sudan Police, D ,nict Commissionaires, and Sudan
Railways.
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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.
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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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