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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Aeroplanes–Forced landings Name Indian Political Service, External Affairs Department, 1937-1947

1. IOR/L/PS/12/1970

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1970
Title:
Coll 5/23 ‘Violation of Tibetan territory by aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to a forced landing by an American aircraft in Tibet on 30 November 1943, and the subsequent rescue of the airmen and their return to India. A detailed account of the incident can be found in a letter written by George Sheriff, Head of the British Mission...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1943-30 Apr 1944
Extent:
1 file (32 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2019

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2019
Title:
Coll 5/59 ‘NWF: Lost German aeroplane. Grant of permission for German search expedition to fly over prohibited areas of NWF’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to assistance rendered to Lufthansa to facilitate the search for a plane which went missing around 30 August 1937 during a flight from Kansu to Kabul; Lufthansa had been undertaking experimental flights to establish a service between Germany and the Far E...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1937-6 Jul 1939
Extent:
1 file (78 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2029

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2029
Title:
Coll 5/67 ‘Crashes of British aircraft in neutral countries during the war’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a small number of papers related to the crashes of Royal Air Force (RAF) machines in neutral countries; the file focuses on neutral countries of interest to the India Office. The vast majority of the papers focus on a single incident in September 1939: the crash landing of an R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1939-29 Nov 1941
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)