'Military Lessons of the Arab Rebellion in Palestine 1936' [‎134r] (274/294)

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4, As shown in paragraph 15 above, each squadron or detachment is
primarily responsible for an aircraft zone. At the discretion of the
h.A.i. Station, RAMLEH, squadrons of the air striking force are
mutually to reinforce each other should this be necessary.
The O.C. o« 14(B) Squaaron Detachment will act similarly in every
way and will notify the O.C. R.A.F. Station, RAMLEH, if air reinforcement
m the Jordan Aircraft Zone is necessary, and alternatively, the O.C.
R.A.F. Station, RAIvILEH, may request the O.C. 14 (b) Squadron Detachment
to reinforce aircraft answering "XX calls, particularly in the Northern
Aircraft Zone.
AI R ACT ION
The Machine gun attack
to. (a) Under prescribed conditions, air action by machine gun fire
can take place over the whole of Palestine. In this relation it
should be noted that Bedouin Arabs are entitled to carry fireams
and ball ammunition in the area south and east of a line passing
from KASR ZOWEIQA on the Dead Sea through RAS ABU KEDAD, RAYADA,
RUJM AL BARARA, RAS UADI JERABA, RUJIvi AL BALADI, RUJM AL KAN ASIYA,
NAQB RAS EM JULAID, RAS G-KWAIRIB, RAS NAQB GHARID, AIN AL MURRA,
WADI A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. IRMEILEH, WADI A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. ABDO to BIR AL HAFIR, and thence due west till it
meets the frontier between Palestine and Egypt, which on the
l: 250,000 P oc T.J. map is approximately as follows:- QASR ZUWEIRA
12 miles north of west to point 555, 4 miles south to point 287, to
KURNAB, to NAQB EL GHARIB, to point 553, point 619, point 359, BIR
HAFIR and due west to frontier.
(b) Air action by machine gun fire may be taken against that house
or those houses in villages (not towns or main centres) from which
hostile rifle fire has been directed against aircraft or security
forces.
The Bomb attack
27. The 20 lb and the 112 lb bombs only are to be used.
The attack is to be confined to the "Diving bombing" method. The
diving bombing attack is to be delivered at high speed at a height not
less than 1,000 feet. The bomb attack is not to be enployed against
minor opposition when machine gun attack would provide the support neces
sary, (for example, a party of two or three snipers). It is to be used
for breaking the resistance of an armed band or ambuscade prior to the
machine gun attack.
28. (a) In the areas defined in attached Map and paragraph 29 below,
the bomb attack may be delivered against armed bands operating
against the security forces.
(b) Under no circumstances is the 20 lb bomb to be dropped within
500 yards or the 112 lb bomb within 750 yards of the outskirts of
a town, or village or a building.
(c) Aircraft armed with bombs are not to fly over main centres of
population or towns.
Bombing Areas
29. The areas in which bombs may be dropped are shown in attached Map.
These are as follows : -
(a) The Northern Aircraft Zone.