The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, and letters related to the air facilities/landing grounds at Salalah, Masirah and Ras Al-Hadd used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the work in progress there. Among the issues discussed in the correspondence are the following: provid...
The file contains correspondence in the form of memoranda, telegrams, and letters between British Officials and representatives of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). The correspondence is mainly related to the British Government announcing the operation of BOAC as a service of His Maje...
File 2/10 1 II. AVIATION. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (1) Reconnaissance of Basrah, Aden, Muscat, Masirah, Murbat, Sauqrah Bay Etc. AIR ROUTE.
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The volume contains correspondence related to the Air Staff Intelligence, Air Headquarters, Baghdad’s request for information to be obtained from Muscat regarding the possible establishment of a subsidiary air route from Iraq to India via the Arabian side of the Gulf. The required information wa...
'File 2/10 II. AVIATION. B. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (1) Reconnaissance of Basrah, Aden, Muscat, Masirah, Murbat, Sauqrah Bay etc.'
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The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters, telegrams and reports related to the Air Headquarters, Iraq, planning to carry out ground reconnaissance for landing grounds and refuelling stations mid-way between Masirah and Murbat. The volume also includes instructions for landing gr...
File 2/10 III II- B/1- Vol. II. II. AVIATION. B. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (1) Reconnaissance of Basrah, Aden, Muscat, Masirah, Murbat, Sauqrah Bay etc. Air Route
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The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters, telegrams and reports related to the Royal Air Force (RAF) reconnaissance in various regions in Oman including Sauqrah Bay (referred to as Khor Gharum/Gharim), Shuwaimiya and Khuria Muria Bay. The volume includes correspondence with the...
'File 2/15 II. AVIATION. B. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (3E) R. A. F. Landing Ground at Masirah'
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The file contains correspondence in the form of secret and confidential letters, telegrams and reports related to the landing grounds at Salalah and Masirah (also Masira). This correspondence is mainly between the Air Force Headquarters, Iraq; the Political Residency, Bushire; and the Political ...
File 2/15 British Consulate Muscat Masirah and Salalah landing grounds
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The file contains correspondence between the Shaikh of Masirah, Khamis bin Hilal Al-Maj‘ali and Sayyid Shihab bin Faysal Al-Bu Sa‘idi regarding the objection of some locals to the erection of the Royal Air Force (RAF) store at Masirah Island. The majority of the correspondence in the file is rel...
‘File 2/15 ANNEX PETROL DUMP & LANDING GROUND AT MASIRAH.’
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The file includes correspondence between Royal Air Force commanders and the Political Agent at Muscat regarding: the deposit of petrol containers; the delivery of three keys to the petrol station at Masirah Island; and the repair to the petrol store at Umm Rasas, in Oman.
‘File 2/15 MASIRAH & SALALAH AIR FIELDS (CHARTER FLIGHTS)’
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Folios 1-12 in the file are dated 1941-1942 and include correspondence between the Air Officer Commanding Royal Air Force, Iraq and the Political Agent, Muscat regarding the combination lock for the Royal Air Force (RAF) petrol store at Masirah Island. These folios together with the file notes f...
The correspondence in the file is related to the subject of the refuelling of civil and foreign aircraft at the Salalah and Masirah airfields. The correspondence also discusses the proposed appointment of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company as an agent for the supply of fuel, and the Muscat and Oman G...
