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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Search and rescue operations Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/PS/12/1969

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1969
Title:
Coll 5/23 ‘Alleged violation of the Saudi Arabian frontier by British aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to incidents involving British aircraft in, or in the vicinity of, Saudi Arabia – Hejaz and Nejd prior to 1932; the incidents predominantly take the form of forced landings by aircraft of either the Royal Air Force (RAF) or of Imperial Airways. The corre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1930-29 Oct 1936
Extent:
1 file (276 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2019

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2019
Title:
Coll 5/59 ‘NWF: Lost German aeroplane. Grant of permission for German search expedition to fly over prohibited areas of NWF’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to assistance rendered to Lufthansa to facilitate the search for a plane which went missing around 30 August 1937 during a flight from Kansu to Kabul; Lufthansa had been undertaking experimental flights to establish a service between Germany and the Far E...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1937-6 Jul 1939
Extent:
1 file (78 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/5/292

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/292
Title:
File 6/17 Air, Sea and Land Rescue Organisation
Scope & Content:
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 respecti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1947-9 May 1949
Extent:
1 file (98 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/6/120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/120
Title:
‘File 2/44 I AIR/SEA RESCUE ORGANISATION’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers related to the organisation of air/sea rescue operations in the Middle East and the Mediterranean regions. The Headquarters, Royal Air Force (RAF), Mediterranean and Middle East distributed lists of rescue facilities to the respective RAF facilities at Habbaniya, Sharjah...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1947-30 Sep 1948
Extent:
1 file (93 folios)