A sketch map showing Iran in the centre bounded by Iraq to the East, Afghanistan and Baluchistan to the West, the Caspian Sea in the North, and the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman in the South. The Tabriz-Tehran-Meshed air route is indicated by a dashed line. A number of surrounding cities in ...
‘Sketch Map Showing the Approximate Locations of the Bahrein Oil Co's. Establishments and other Important Points’
Scope & Content:
The map illustrates Bahrein Island [Bahrain], and shows the location of Key Bahrein Oil Company establishments on the island. The locations of Manama, Muharraq Town, and Rifa'a-Ash-Sharki are indicated. The locations of the landing ground and the alighting area for flying boats have been underli...
The map is appended to an agenda for a meeting, held at the Air Ministry at 11:00am on 25 January 1945, to discuss the provision of further aviation refuelling facilities at Bahrain in the form of tankage and a pipeline: see folio 58 for the agenda and folio 60-61 for the minutes. The proposed ...
‘SKETCH showing Radius of action of aircraft from Main Airfields assuming radius of action of aircraft is approx 220 miles’
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The map is included to form appendix A to a report written by Colonel Alexander Stalker Lancaster, Military Attaché at Kabul, on a proposed reorganisation of the Afghan Air Force. It shows the main, and subsidiary airfields, operated in Afghanistan. The effective range of aircraft operating fro...
Map showing proposed RAF air route between UK and the Far East and contemplated US route between North Africa and the Far East
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The map is appended to a report by the Joint Planning Staff – a subcommittee of the Chiefs of Staff Committee – examining proposals by the United States for a military air transit route between the Far East and North Africa: JP (46) 142 (Final) see folios 123-135. The map shows most of the glob...
Map showing proposed RAF air route between UK and the Far East and contemplated US route between North Africa and the Far East
Scope & Content:
The map is appended to a report by the Joint Planning Staff – a subcommittee of the Chiefs of Staff Committee – examining proposals by the United States for a military air transit route between the Far East and North Africa: JP (46) 142 (Final) see folios 137-145. The map shows most of the glob...
Sketch map produced by Sir Andrew Ryan, British Minister at Jedda, which attempts to establish the geographical location of the Beni Malik [Banī Mālik], Abadil [Āl ʿAbādil] and Ahl Faifa [Ahl Fayfā'] tribes.
This sketch map shows the Beida [Al Bayḑāʼ] district in Yemen and the surrounding regions. The Beida district, which is marked as being under Zeidi [Zaidi] occupation, is highlighted by a dotted red line.
This map of the south-western part of Yemen has been taken from a publication and, according to a caption below the map, has been reproduced with the permission of the Royal Geographical Society. It includes annotations written in pencil and red ink.