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■' Qf n>A.F. Karine Craft available fo:
i^nno Craft and availability. ^
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ri nr iaccs as panara (Nos 9^ and 13^0) available at 4 hours* not Leo
.Assistance obtainable through A.T.C.C. Egypt)
1 argot Towing (Ex AbH) Launch 2604 a t Port ouad. Assistance throv. h
A.T.CoC. Fayid and I/Ioveraent unit Port Said, -.
4 ’) Facilities Available from other Organisations^ su ch as '^e
A rray, Police and other Governments.
Laval v. j-operntion in Eastern Mediterranean through A.T.C. C a Malta 0
Naval co-oper bion Red Sea through A. T. C. C. South Arabia (Senior
Laval Officer - Aden)
Army units in the Canal Zone provide Land Rescue teams. Close liaj sen
is maintained with an R.A.S.C. Dropping Unit, who afford facilities r 1 m-
the packing of supplies and the provision of despatch personnol 0
Emergency rations store maintained at R.A.F. Fayid. Liaison with
Gr^ek Rescue organisation maintained through the R.A.F. Dele ga ti on
in Greece.
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f-) Res cue Co-ordination Centre. A.T.C.C. Habbaniya.
(Ar ea Covered, R.A.F. Bahrein is designated a Rescue Centro* IAL may
initiate rescue action controlling authority A.T.C.C. Habbaniya,.
5V°00»N 40°00*S to 22°00*N 40°00»S to 22°00»N 60°00«E, thence North
wards along the pridian 60 o 00 , E to Persian Coast 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 to 34°00*N 4G°00• E
( c ) f4^ craf t available for search, location of aircraft, and avaiiacM.A
Lediun* Range Aircraft at R.^.F. station, Hul ^iya on reqtiestj,
U.S.A.A.F. B. 17 with Airborne Lifeboat at Dh^. eran. Assistance through
R.A.F. Bahrein.
Medium ^angc Aircraft at Shaibah on request.
1 d) R escue Equipment Carried. Supply Dropping Containers,
(°' ! Details of R.A.F. Land Rescue Teams.
Eqaiihh'd desert rescue teams mintained at R.A.F. Stations Kabbr^i:* yo, amd
Shaibah*
) Details of R.^x.F, Iferine Craft available for^RescuQi Location o f these
Bsrl ne Craj l, t and availability. ‘ ' ^
vo Launches ac Lake Hab'baniya at readiness.
r * S ' of facilities available from other Organisations such as bh c
hb/yyr~Army, Polico and other Governments,
Laaison with Royal Navy (b.N.O.P.G) at Bahrein, through I.A.L. fc^ aval la' lo
T.’esscls when required. , Use of Transport aircraft if required. Coi.hact
v/ith 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 v/ith American Oil Co, Airfield at
Dharan. Possible availability of 3 launches through 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, (calls to H.3. B.F. Aden passed by Cable and Wireless (Mid-East;
Ltd) Contact with Cable and Wireless through I.A.L. R.A.F. Bahrain, Tyre.
Rescue in Bahrein area through I.A.L. Bahrein.
IR Q. B.F. ADEN
hO R escue Co-ordination Centre. Air Traffic Control Centre Aden, (yhoiniF W ^'
» Are a Covered. 22°00'N 40°00«E to 22°00»N 6 l 0«S to 04°00*N 6C°00’E
co CA^OO'N 40°00'E thence up the 40°00*N Meridian to 15°30*N and ooasb-
wice to 22°00‘N thence to 22°00»N 40°00'E.
^'iAi i'cralt available for search, location of these aircraft, and availa.ill.by.
Short and Medium Range Aircraft at Khorraaksar, on request.