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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/1947-2060 Subject Aeroplanes–Forced landings Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

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/12/1970

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1970
Title:
Coll 5/23 ‘Violation of Tibetan territory by aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to a forced landing by an American aircraft in Tibet on 30 November 1943, and the subsequent rescue of the airmen and their return to India. A detailed account of the incident can be found in a letter written by George Sheriff, Head of the British Mission...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1943-30 Apr 1944
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/2029

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2029
Title:
Coll 5/67 ‘Crashes of British aircraft in neutral countries during the war’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a small number of papers related to the crashes of Royal Air Force (RAF) machines in neutral countries; the file focuses on neutral countries of interest to the India Office. The vast majority of the papers focus on a single incident in September 1939: the crash landing of an R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1939-29 Nov 1941
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)