The map illustrates the expected operational range of Westland Wapiti aircraft over Afghanistan from projected bases at Kabul, Kandahar, Herat, and Farah. The radius of operation from each of these sites is shown through the use of different coloured crayon: red (Kabul), blue (Kandahar), green (...
A map accompanying a report by Frederick Tymms, Director of Civil Aviation in India, on his reconnaissance flight of 25-26 April 1937: see folios 165-171. The purpose of the flight was to explore the possibility of establishing a direct air route between Burma and Hong Kong via French Indo-China...
A map accompanying a report by Frederick Tymms, Director of Civil Aviation in India, on his reconnaissance flight of 25-26 April 1937: see folios 165-171. The purpose of the flight was to explore the possibility of establishing a direct air route between Burma and Hong Kong via French Indo-China...
‘MAP TO ACCOMPANY CONCLUSIONS: SCALE 1:18,650000 (137 = 1 INCH)’
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A map accompanying the conclusions of a report produced by Frederick Tymms, Director of Civil Aviation in India, on his reconnaissance flight of 25-26 April 1937: see folios 190-192. The projected Burma-Hong Kong route via the Shan States is shown in red and the possible extension of the Eurasia...
‘SKETCH MAP to illustrate G of I's telegram No 783 d.26.3.36: The Overland air routes to Hong Kong’
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A sketch to illustrate a telegram (No 783 dated 26 March 1936) from the Government of India Department of Industries and Labour: see folios 261-263. The telegram suggested that a direct route between Burma and Hong Kong via the southern Shan States and French Indo-China should be considered in l...
A sketch map of the south eastern region of Persia [Iran] showing the border with Afghanistan and Baluchistan. It indicates the positions of Kerman, Mirjarah, and Zahidan, which are marked due to the presence of airfields constructed by the British military. It has been filed with papers consider...
The map accompanies a report titled ‘Air Transport in Persia – 1944 and afterwards’ by Walter Leslie Runciman, Air Attaché at Tehran: see folios 119-129. It shows Persia [Iran] in the centre bounded by Iraq to the East, Afghanistan and Baluchistan to the West, the Caspian Sea in the North, and t...
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’
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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 ...
