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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Air transport Name United States Army Air Transport Command, 1942-1948

1. IOR/L/PS/12/2039

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2039
Title:
Coll 5/77 ‘Muscat: including activities of U.S. Air Force and Pan-American Airways in the Middle East’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the operations of Pan American Airlines in the Middle East; British officials were concerned that the airline was using the war as a pretext for commercial penetration of British controlled territories. The file therefore covers the militarisation of Pan American Airli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1941-19 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (206 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2043

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2043
Title:
Coll 5/81 ‘Facilities for U.S. Air Transport Corps at Bahrein and Sharjah’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers related to the provision of facilities for the United States Air Transport Command at both Bahrain and Sharjah. This includes policy and strategy discussions over how best to maintain British control of the Arabian Coast Air Route; British planners feared that the United...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1943-9 Jul 1945
Extent:
1 file (144 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2054

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2054
Title:
Coll 5/87S ‘United States: Request for Military Air Transit Rights in India and Burma’
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers related to negotiations for air transit rights for United States military aircraft through India and Burma. The United States Army Air Force (USAAF) had enjoyed transit rights for its aircraft for the duration of the Second World War (1939-1945), and desired to continue ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1946-26 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (303 folios)