'File 6/17 Air, Sea and Land Rescue Organisation' [‎65r] (129/200)

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(°) • Typos of r.ircraft avt^ilablQ for search, location of these
aircraft, r.nd c-vailability,
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. •. Aiisons at Fayid on request* • ^ . / ‘-
Dci!;otas at Kabrit with one standby crow*
Lancasters and/or Lincolns at Shallufa (tamp&r&ry
availability) (assistance obtained through H.Q. 205
Group. "Operations Room",)
1 Lancaster on standby at Shallufa*
Spitfires (for short ran^o search) at Nicosia.
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W Pcscue Lquipmont carried* Supply dropping containers and
apparatus Sea Rescue Typo "A" Ilk*IX (Lindholme). 1 Airborne
Lifeboat and 2 sots Apparatus Sea Rescue Typo "A" Mk«II
(Lindholmo) with standby Lancaster*
(o) RyA«F» Land Rescue Teams,
NIL*
(f) Dotails of R.A.F, Marine Graft Available for Rescue*
; Location of these Marino Craft ancl availability*
Target Tov/ing (EX ASR) Launch No* 2713 at Fanara.
2 pinnaces at Fanara (Nos 91 & 1360) Available at
4 hours notioe, (Assistance obtainable through
A*T*C«C* Egypt). Target Tov/ing. (Ex A*S*R*) Laun<^
2604 at Port Fouad, Assistance through A.T.C.C, Fayid.
and Movements Unit Port Said.
(g) Details of Facilities Available from other O rgan!sations,
such as, t h e Navy, Army, Police and, other Re It — '
Naval co-opcr£-tion in Eastern Mediterranean through
A.T.C.C. Malta. Naval co-operation Red 0 C a through
A,f.C,C. South Arabia (Senior Naval Officer - Aden),
Army Units in the Canal Zone provide Land Rescue teams.
Close liaison is maintained with an R.A.S.C. Dropping
Unit, /ho afford facilities for the packing of supplies^
and the provision of despatch personnel. Emergency ration
store maintained at R.A.F. Fayid. Liaison with Greek
rescue organisation maintained through the R.A.F.
Delegation in Greece,
3. A.H.Q, Iraq,
(a) Rescue Co-ordination Centro:- A.T.C.C. Habbaniya
,IAL may initiate
^b) Area Covered. RAF Bahrein is designated a Rescue Centre,IAL
33 t) 30»N iiO^OO'E, to 22 o 00*N, 40°00‘E, to 22 00«N, 60°00*E, ;rescue action
thcnco Northwards along Meridian 60°00 , E to persian-Coast :controlling
and thence coastwise round the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Iraq boundary!authority
to 33 0 3o»n, 40°oo»e. •
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(o) Typos of aircraft available for search, location ox the air^
Ansons^ TeimotFs at R.A.P. Station, Kabbaniya an roc^st. 0SAAP
B.17 With airborne lifeboat at Dhahran Assistance through R.A.F, Bahrein*
(d) Rescue Equipment carried. Supply dropping containers* ;
(c) De tails of R.A.F. Land 'Rescue Teams,
Equipped desert rescue teams maintained at R.A.F* Stations
Habbaniya and Shaibah.
(f) petriIs of R.A.F. Marine Craft available for Re scue,J[jo cation
uf"those marine craft and availability .
NIL.
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