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41. IOR/L/PS/12/1987

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1987
Title:
Coll 5/35 ‘Iraq: Civil aviation in: Opening of airports at Bagdad and Magil’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the establishment of new civil airports at Baghdad (1933) and Basra (1934), and subsequent additions to these facilities. It also contains copies of a number of notices to airmen issued by the Iraqi Ministry of Communications and Works: see folios 5-8 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1930-4 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)

42. IOR/L/PS/12/1988

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1988
Title:
Coll 5/35 ‘Sale of Auster Aircraft by Govt of India to Govt of Iraq’
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams related to the sale of ten Auster aircraft by the Government of India to the Government of Iraq; communication between the Indian and Iraqi governments is facilitated by the British Embassy in Baghdad. The file documents a delay in the release of these aircraft as a r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1948-12 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)

43. IOR/L/PS/12/1989

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1989
Title:
Coll 5/35(1) ‘APPOINTMENT OF CIVIL AIR ATTACHÉ BAGDAD (WITH JURISDICTION OVER THE PERSIAN GULF)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the appointment of Beverley Gayer Barnard (1916-1973) as Civil Air Attaché at Baghdad, and the extension of his remit to cover the Persian Gulf. The main correspondents are as follows: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Sir William Rupert Ha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Nov 1947-8 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

44. IOR/L/PS/12/1990

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1990
Title:
Coll 5/36 ‘Persian Gulf Air Route: Air facilities at Yas Island and at Abu Dhabi’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning negotiations with Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi, for air facilities at Yas Island [Sir Bani Yas] and Abu Dhabi. The required air facilities include emergency landing grounds, moorings for flying boats, and petrol storage faci...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1934-8 Jul 1935
Extent:
1 file (116 folios)

45. IOR/L/PS/12/1991

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1991
Title:
Coll 5/37 ‘Landings in, and use of, Persian territory by British aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to a forced landing by aircraft Helena of Imperial Airways at Jask on 16 May 1934. The flight in question was carrying the Viceroy of India, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, and his wife Marie Adelaide (Lord and Lady Willingdon): see folio 4 for a detailed account...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1934-31 May 1934
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

46. IOR/L/PS/12/1992

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1992
Title:
Coll 5/38 ‘N.W.F.: Forced landings of British aircraft in tribal territory’
Scope & Content:
The file contains notifications – issued by the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India – of two forced landings in the North-West Frontier Province by Royal Air Force (RAF) planes on 9 August and 12 September 1934. A detailed account of the former incident can be found on fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1934-3 Nov 1934
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

47. IOR/L/PS/12/1993

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1993
Title:
Coll 5/39 ‘Flights of RAF aeroplanes to Gilgit; flights of foreign aircraft over Gilgit and Chitral’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with aviation in Gilgit, Hunza, Mir, and the surrounding area. It primarily covers three topics. The first topic is the matter of annual Royal Air Force (RAF) flights to Gilgit over the Himalayas in 1932, 1934, 1935, and 1936. It includes a report on the 1934 flight (see f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1932-9 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (204 folios)

48. IOR/L/PS/12/1994

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1994
Title:
Coll 5/40 ‘Air Route to India (Persian Gulf): Increase in frequency of Imperial Airways Service’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a notification from the Air Ministry (folio 18) dated 10 December 1934, informing the India Office of a proposal by Imperial Airways to duplicate their service between the United Kingdom (UK) and India. It also contains an explanatory note prepared for a meeting at the Air Mini...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1934-22 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

49. IOR/L/PS/12/1995

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1995
Title:
Coll 5/41 ‘Persian Gulf: RAF fuel barge at Ras.al.Khaimah’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a small amount of correspondence between the Admiralty, the Air Ministry, Air Headquarters (Iraq), the Foreign Office, and the India Office, respecting thirteen-month of arrears in the rent due to the Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah [Ra's al-Khaymah], Shaikh Sultan bin Salim Āl Qāsimī...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jun 1934-22 Aug 1935
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

50. IOR/L/PS/12/1996

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1996
Title:
Coll 5/42 Aviation in Siam
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the development of civil and military aviation in Siam [Thailand]. This includes intelligence on purchases of aircraft and weaponry from the United States for the Siamese Air Force (Siamese Royal Air Force from 1937); the file also contains a limited am...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1921-14 Nov 1940
Extent:
1 file (153 folios)