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There was great excitement when the " Pehlevi anchored in the roadstead
as she had been expected for some time.
The local officials and the prominent Persian merchants went on board,
but were very much disappointed when they found that the vessel was very
small and more of.the type of a revenue steam launch than of a ship of war.
A viation.
The year under review was a remarkable one for the visits of aircraft.
Nine aeroplanes called at Bandar Abbas, comprising two British, three
American, one French, one Dutch, one Portuguese and one Argentine.
These were (1) the Vickers (Amphibian) in-charge of Squadron Leader A.
Stewart Maclaren accompanied by Flying Officer W. N. Penderleith and Ser
geant E. Andrews, on her ' round the world ' flight.
The machine came via, Baghdad and Bushire and alighted on the sea in
front of H. B. M. Consulate at 4-20 p.m ., on the 22nd April and left for Charbar
en route to Karachi the following morning. The' aviators were accorded an
enthusiastic reception by the officials and towns-people who turned ont in
throngs to witness the landing.
(2) The French Breguet Biplane (19 AZ type) piloted by Lieut. Polletier
D'Oisy of the French Air Service on the Paris-Tokio flight arrived on the
28th April and continued the voyage to Karachi via Charbar the next day.
(3) The Portuguese machine, an old Breguet type in charge of Captain
A. B. Paes with Captain J. M. De Beires as pilot, en route to Macao, landed on
the aerodrome on the 2nd May and proceeded to Charbar the following morn
ing.
(4) Three United States Air Service Biplanes, engaged in the ' World
Flight ' and under the Command of Lieut. Smith arrived from Karachi at
4-45 p.m ., on the 7th July and took off at daylight on the 8th July from the
aerodrome.
(5) The Argentine World Flier Major Pedro Zanni in a Fokker Machine
arrived from Basra on 1st August and continued the flight to Karachi the next
morning.
(6) The Dutch Fokker Monoplane in charge of Mr. Van Der Hoop on her
Amsterdam-Java flight landed on the aerodrome on the 8th November and
continued her voyage Karachi-wards a.m ., on the 9th November and (7) Air
Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker accompanied by Mr. Alan Cobham and a
mechanic, on a tour of inspection from England to India, arrived by air from
Bushire in a 50 De Havilland Machine on the 28th December and left for Charbar
the following day en route to Karachi.
The aerodrome was maintained in an efficient condition, and with the excep
tion of Major MacLaren's Amphibian that alighted on the sea, was utilized by
all the aviators referred to above for landing and taking off.
Flight-Lieut. Taylor of the Eoyal Air Force arrived on the 18th September
to inspect the aerodrome, Air Store Depot and the Petrol dump, and left for
Bushire a week later.
Lieut. H. Halverson of the.U. S. A. Army Air Force visited Bandar Abbas
in May as Advance Officer in connection with the American 4 Bound the World
Flight
B ritish I ndian T eoops.
The Detachment of the 3115th Punjab Eegiment under Captain D. P. G.
Shewen based at the Naiband camp, about three miles from Bandar Abbas was
relieved on the 10th February by one Indian Officer and 35 other ranks of the
3119th Hyderabad Eegiment with Lieut. B. G. H. Benson iii Command.
Captain Shewen accompanied by one Indian Officer and 51 other "Tanks
embarked for India on the 17th February.
Colonel D. H. Powell, M.C., A.Q.M., General, Western Command accoim-
panied by Major C. V. S. Jackson, R.E., disembarked here for the day, en route
to Bushire, on the Srd April and visited Naiband in connection with its evacua
tion and the disposal of buildings and military stores at that base.
On the 19th July the British military evacuation of Bandar Abbas was
carried out by the embarkation for Bushire of 16 Indian other ranks, and the
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