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032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name British Overseas Airways Corporation, 1939-1974

1. IOR/R/15/2/1682

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1682
Title:
File 21/31 Personal Accident Insurance (Air Travel)
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the station manager of the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) in Bahrain and Tom Hickinbotham, the Political Agent at Bahrain. The correspondence is regarding the issuing of Personal Accident (Air Travel) insurance policies by the corporation in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1944-29 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/581

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/581
Title:
File 18/12 Trial of Bethel, BOAC Employee at Sharjah
Scope & Content:
The file refers to the arrest at Dubai of W Bethell [also spelled Bethel], a British citizen employed as a coxswain by BOAC [British Overseas Airways Corporation], who was accused of assaulting a supervisor and setting fire to a BOAC launch [or flying boat by one account]. The papers include corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1945-18 Aug 1945
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/584

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/584
Title:
File 18/16 Trial of Hathiram, a BOAC Employee at Sharjah
Scope & Content:
The file relates to enquiries into an incident at Sharjah in June 1946, in which S R Hathiram, a wireless operator with British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was alleged to have carried out a physical assault on a member of the Meteorological Department, Sharjah, who he thought had attempt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1947-17 Sep 1947
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/6/85

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/85
Title:
‘File 2/7 BRITISH OVERSEAS AIRWAYS CORPORATION’
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Aug 1942-29 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (71 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1328

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1328
Title:
File 7/15 British Overseas Airways Corporation [BOAC] - Customs Exemption
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between Major Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent at Bahrain; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; G H C Lee, Assistant Regional Director, British ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1944-29 Nov 1944
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/529

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/529
Title:
‘File 13/24 Airline route over Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a letter (f 1) from B S Bridge of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), to the Political Agent at Bahrain, dated 18 March 1947, requesting whether the prohibited area west of a line joining Manama, Jufair and Sitra, which was in force during the war, is still in force...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1940-29 Mar 1947
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/571

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/571
Title:
17/24 USE OF WIRLESS FREQUENCIES FOR AIR NAVIGATIONAL AIDS.
Scope & Content:
The file discusses the proposed new radio frequencies to be used by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) for their air navigational aids, and enquiries to Cable and Wireless (Cecil Edward Gahan), Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (L E Porter), Air Staff Liaison Officer at Bahra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1948-9 Feb 1949
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1686

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1686
Title:
File 21/35 Accidents to British Overseas Airways Corporation planes
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, with enclosures, between the Political Agency at Bahrain and the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) relating to the crash of BOAC flying boat number G-AHZB on 23 August 1947. The aircraft crashed into the sea on landing, killing ten of the twenty-six pa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Aug 1947-3 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (46 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/814

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/814
Title:
File 32/2 (4/2) Liquor Control
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the importation, consumption and licensing of alcohol (mainly referred to as liquor in file) in Bahrain. Much of the correspondence is between the Political Agency in Bahrain and the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) regard...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 May 1932-19 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (166 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/445

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/445
Title:
File 10/17 (10/26) Priority air freight for BAPCO cinema films
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters between Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), the Political Agent in Bahrain and the British Overseas Airways Corporation to transport BAPCO's films to India by air. There is an index at the end of the file (folio 6). The reference number 10/26 on the cover is cr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Sep 1945-26 Sep 1945
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)