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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/2/651-765 Subject Military aviation

1. IOR/R/15/2/653

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/653
Title:
‘File 28/1 B 1. Gift of £30,000 of Shaikh of Bahrain to the British Government; 2. Purchase of fighter aircraft; 3. Persian Gulf Fighter Fund’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to a financial gift made to the British Government by the Ruler of Bahrain, and a fund set up for the purchase of fighter plans for the Persian Gulf: correspondence relating to the receipt and cashing of a gift of £30,000 made by the Ruler of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1939-23 Feb 1941
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/669

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/669
Title:
‘File 28/1 P Visit of enemy aircraft to Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to an air raid carried out by Italian bombers over the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) refinery in Bahrain and the California-Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) refinery at Dhahran [al-Ẓahrān] in Saudi Arabia, on the night...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1940-7 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/671

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/671
Title:
‘File 28/1 R Reports from C.A.S.O.C. A.R.P. etc.’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents relate to an enquiry made by the California-Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC), dated 27 October 1940, to the Political Agency in Bahrain, asking if British aircraft were flown over the company’s refinery at Dhahran [al-Ẓahrān] in Saudi Arabia on the night of 25/26 October 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1940-29 Oct 1940
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/761

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/761
Title:
‘File 28/74 Oil storage facilities for U.S.T.A.C. [United States Army Transport Corps] at Muharraq’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence, reports and other papers concerning oil storage facilities requested by the United States Army Transport Corps (USATC) at Muharraq airfield in Bahrain. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Agent at Bahrain (Major Tom Hickinbotham...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1943-14 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (121 folios)