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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Air Ministry, 1918-1964

51. IOR/L/PS/12/1994

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1994
Title:
Coll 5/40 ‘Air Route to India (Persian Gulf): Increase in frequency of Imperial Airways Service’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a notification from the Air Ministry (folio 18) dated 10 December 1934, informing the India Office of a proposal by Imperial Airways to duplicate their service between the United Kingdom (UK) and India. It also contains an explanatory note prepared for a meeting at the Air Mini...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1934-22 Mar 1935
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

52. IOR/L/PS/12/1995

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1995
Title:
Coll 5/41 ‘Persian Gulf: RAF fuel barge at Ras.al.Khaimah’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a small amount of correspondence between the Admiralty, the Air Ministry, Air Headquarters (Iraq), the Foreign Office, and the India Office, respecting thirteen-month of arrears in the rent due to the Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah [Ra's al-Khaymah], Shaikh Sultan bin Salim Āl Qāsimī...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jun 1934-22 Aug 1935
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

53. IOR/L/PS/12/1997

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1997
Title:
Coll 5/43 ‘Night flying facilities in the Persian Gulf in connection with the Empire Air Mail Scheme’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, meeting notes (at the Air Ministry on 9 November 1934 and 22 March 1935), and memoranda regarding proposals to introduce night flying across the Persian Gulf as part of the Empire Air Mail Scheme. The focus of the file is on the following routes: Cairo-Karachi a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1935-28 Feb 1936
Extent:
1 file (77 folios)

54. IOR/L/PS/12/1998

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1998
Title:
Coll 5/45 ‘Persian Gulf: Replacement of sea-plane unit in the Persian Gulf by a land-plane unit based on Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to a proposal to transfer Royal Air Force No 203 (General Reconnaissance) Squadron from Basra to Bahrain, and in the process convert the unit from seaplanes to landplanes. It also documents the postponement of this transfer, as a result of the outbreak of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1935-10 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

55. IOR/L/PS/12/2001

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2001
Title:
Coll 5/48 ‘Afghanistan: Supply of military aircraft to the Afghan Government; Supply of maps etc. to the Afghan Govt.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, notes, and records of meetings documenting negotiations between the British Government and the Government of India on the one hand, and the Government of Afghanistan on the other. The purpose of the negotiations was to facilitate the financing and purchase of mi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1935-28 Feb 1936
Extent:
1 file (508 folios)

56. IOR/L/PS/12/2003

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2003
Title:
Coll 5/50 ‘Air Route to India: Authorisation for occasional flights along the Arab Coast of the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Air Ministry, the India Office, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, documenting the process of obtaining special authorisation for a Christmas flight (London to Karachi via Cairo, and return) by Imperial Airways around 18-19 December 1935;...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1935-23 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

57. IOR/L/PS/12/2004

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2004
Title:
Coll 5/52 ‘Aviation: German Service to Far East’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with proposals for Lufthansa to operate an air service linking Germany with China via Egypt, Iraq, Persia, and Afghanistan (Kabul). The file contains correspondence, extracts from intelligence summaries, memoranda, and notes documenting the efforts of British officials to o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1936-30 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 file (619 folios)

58. IOR/L/PS/12/2006

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2006
Title:
Coll 5/53 ‘Afghanistan: Employment of British nationals in various branches of the Afghan air services; Air instructors’ contracts’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and notes regarding the employment of British nationals by the Government of Afghanistan. It predominantly documents the employment of civil aviation instructors from Hawker Aircraft Limited and Rolls Royce Limited to provide training to the Afghan Air Force. Thi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
30 Aug 1934-7 Sep 1943
Extent:
1 file (596 folios)

59. IOR/L/PS/12/2009

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2009
Title:
Coll 5/55 ‘Afghanistan: Supply of Aircraft to Afghan Govt: Contract between Air Ministry & Hawker Aircraft Ltd’
Scope & Content:
The file documents the drafting of a contract between the Air Ministry and Hawker Aircraft Limited for the purchase of eight Hawker Hind aircraft, associated aviation equipment, and weaponry, for resale to the Afghan Air Force. This includes a deal for a supply of munitions from Air Ministry sto...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Apr 1937-25 Feb 1944
Extent:
1 file (617 folios)

60. IOR/L/PS/12/2010

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2010
Title:
Coll 5/55(2) ‘AFGHANISTAN: SUPPLY OF AIRCRAFT TO AFGHAN GOVT: SUPPLY OF SPARE PARTS’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the supply of spares for Hawker Hind aircraft operated by the Afghan Air Force. A great deal of correspondence in the file is dedicated to a search for supplies amongst British and Indian stores; supplies for obsolete aircraft such as the Hind were in short supply in t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Mar 1942-26 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (308 folios)