'File 6/17 Air, Sea and Land Rescue Organisation' [66r] (131/200)
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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(o) ^^cilities avcrilablc; from other orgcinisatiuns
Navy > A rmy, Puli co and ot hor Govornmonts,
Lif.ison ..1th Royal Navy (sTnTo.pTgTJ at Bahrein, through for
ava.ilr olo vessels v/hen rec]_uired. Use of Transport air
craft if required.
Contact with Political Agents Kuwait,'
Bahrein and Muscat. Political Officer,
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
at
Sharjah. Contact with American Oil Company Airfield at
Snahran. Possible availability of a 3 launches through tho
Politic .1 .agent Muscat. (Colls to H.Q. B*P. Aden, passed by
Caele ^na v/ireloss (Mid—Bast) Ltd.). Contact v/ith Cable and Wireless
tnrough I.A.L. ic.A.F. Bahrein. Land Rescue in Bahrein area through IAL Bahrein,
II.-2. B.P. Aden
($) Res cue Co-ordination Centre. Air Traffic Control Centro Aden.
(Khormaksar)
(h) A rea Covered. 22°00 , N 4C°00*E to 22°00»N 60°00 , B to 04 O 00*N
"SO^OO^ to O/fPOO 1 !! AO^O^E thence up the 4C )O 00 , N Meridian to
13 30*N and coastwise to 22°00'N thence to the 40 o 00'iJ Meridian
on the Arabian coast and to 22 o 00*N 4 j0°00*E.
(o) Types of aircraft available for search, location of these
aircraft, and availability. Anson, Tempests and ikotas
a.t Khormaksar, on request.
(<*) Rcscue Equipment Carried. 2 sets of apparatus sea rescue
^Lindholme Mk.II are available at R.A.P. Khormaksar and two
sets of C.L.E. containers are available for dropping from
Tempests,
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cn
(g)
A.H
ijc tails of R.A.x* 1 . Land xlcscuo Teams. A.f.L. and /mnoured Car
Plight Rescue team. R.A.P. Rescue Teams Khormaksar, Riyan,
Sallalali .and Masira.
Du a.' ils of R ./..P, Karine craft available for Resc ue, Location
of these marine craft and availability. ~ * '
1 h.A.P. Pinnace (No.92) at Aden, on request. Available
at 4 hours notice.
Details of facilities available from other organisation
s uch as, the Nav?-, Army/Police and other Governments.
Naval co-operation through kval Officer in Charge, Aden.
Land forces av'ilable through Service and local Government
Sources M; si rah, Salalal, Riyan, Eastern and Western Aden
Protectorates, Hargoisa, P.M.A. Asmra &
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
Muscat.
French Mi I -t ary Forces, '- v cnch Somaliland, Ycncn police, Yemen
and poli+J-oal Advisors EfAopia. Possible availability of three
launchs through Political Agon Muscat. (Calls passed from
Aden f J Muscat by CabP and Wireless (Mid-East) Ltd. )
•Q* UAst /frica
(a) Rescue, o^qrdinati rn Centre. A.T.C.C. East Afri (Eastleigh).
(^)
(°)
Area gvpred.
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^ ird t R R 10O0 °’^ 50°00. E along latitude 10°00>S.
w y b il r !° th ° b °™dary of the Belgian Congo thenoo following
tb oundary Northward to Lat. 04°00'N, to 04°00'N, 5C®00»E. G
°iS^°h^ocati on of those
Da-wOta of East Africa Coma, yi-t-. poosibility of 2 Dakotas
Lc.ncs,82 Squadron at Er.stloigh, on request. 7
/5(d).
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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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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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