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032-000538283 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Royal Air Force, 1918-

1. IOR/L/PS/10/1310

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1310
Title:
File 42/1931 'Nejd-Transjordanian Raid Claims'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains the subject 'Nejd-Transjordanian Raid Claims'. The papers cover: investigations into raids into Trans-Jordan in 1930-31, including the looting of seventy camels; the situation on the Nejd-Transjordanian border; and a note on policy for the control of the Trans-Jordan desert...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1930-Aug 1933
Extent:
1 volume (461 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2040

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2040
Title:
Coll 5/78 ‘Facilities for the R.A.F. on the Arab Coast’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding proposals to station a Royal Air Force (RAF) light bomber squadron at Sharjah and a reconnaissance squadron at Dubai. It also discusses works to be undertaken at aerodromes in Bahrain, Sharjah, Dubai, and Kalba. This correspondence has been circulated t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1942-5 May 1942
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2008

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2008
Title:
Coll 5/54 ‘Afghanistan: Training of Afghan Air Personnel in India’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to arrangements for the training of personnel for the Afghan Air Force by the Government of India: such as accommodation and messing arrangements, training provision, numbers of students, estimated expenditures, uniform requirements etc. The majority of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1937-15 Jul 1946
Extent:
1 file (258 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/1268

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1268
Title:
File 4535/1928 Pt 5 ‘PERSIAN GULF POLITICAL CONTROL IN:-’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to political control in the Persian Gulf and Middle East, specifically the division of responsibility for this region between the India Office and the Government of India, the Foreign Office, and the Colonial Office. It includes papers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1926-20 Oct 1937
Extent:

1 file (380 folios)

5. 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)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/2027

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2027
Title:
Coll 5/65 ‘Loan of services of airmen of R.A.F. in India to Afghan Govt’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the secondment of Royal Air Force personnel as instructors to the Afghan Air Force. It covers matters such as terms and conditions of employment, travel expenses (including accompanying family members), the recruitment of replacement personnel, and req...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
24 Jan 1939-11 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (346 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3929

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3929
Title:
Coll 30/191(1) ‘Evacuation of Ras-al-Hadd by R.A.F. and dumping of ammunition into the sea’
Scope & Content:
The file consists of papers (correspondence, mostly by telegraph, and ‘Extract from the Muscat Intelligence Summary No. 8 April 16th-30th.’) relating to the disbandment of the Royal Air Force unit at Ras al Hadd, in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (and the transfer of personnel, stores and equi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1946-23 May 1946
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/3934

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3934
Title:
Coll 30/196(2) ‘Persian Gulf. Defence. Koweit- Estabt of R.A.F. Pack Wireless Stn @.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the installation of a wireless set with Royal Air Force operators at the Kuwait Political Agency (the commercial 'at' symbol is used in the file title), pending the establishment by Cable and Wireless Limited of their wireless station at Kuwait, in connection...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1939-30 Sep 1943
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/2974

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2974
Title:
Coll 20/17 'Muscat: Coal Depot: Question of transfer to RAF authorities'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the transfer of administrative and financial control of the site of a coal depot at Mokalla, Muscat, from the Royal Indian Navy to the Royal Air Force (RAF). The papers deal with questions of cost, the building of a new petrol store, securing concessions for the site fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1933-17 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 file (55 folios)

10. 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)