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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Aerial reconnaissance

1. IOR/L/PS/12/1956

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1956
Title:
Coll 5/11 ‘Air Route to India: Arab Coast Route – Emergency Landing Ground at Qatar’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to two topics. The first topic is an attempt by the British Government to obtain permission for an emergency landing ground in Qatar during 1932. The second topic relates to the air facilities needed by the Royal Air Force (RAF) i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1932-16 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (171 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1993

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1993
Title:
Coll 5/39 ‘Flights of RAF aeroplanes to Gilgit; flights of foreign aircraft over Gilgit and Chitral’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with aviation in Gilgit, Hunza, Mir, and the surrounding area. It primarily covers three topics. The first topic is the matter of annual Royal Air Force (RAF) flights to Gilgit over the Himalayas in 1932, 1934, 1935, and 1936. It includes a report on the 1934 flight (see f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1932-9 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (204 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2037

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2037
Title:
Coll 5/75 ‘Persia: RAF flights over Persian Territory’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a small amount of correspondence between ministries of the British Government as a result of a request for confirmation – from the Government of India – that Royal Air Force (RAF) planes may fly over Iran for photographic reconnaissance without prior reference to the Iranian Go...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1941-11 Oct 1943
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2136
Title:
Coll 6/67(3) 'Boundaries of South Eastern Arabia and Qatar.'
Scope & Content:
This volume primarily concerns British policy regarding the south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia, specifically those bordering Qatar, the Trucial Shaikhdoms, Muscat, the Hadramaut and the Aden Protectorate. It includes interdepartmental discussion regarding the approach that the British Go...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1935-20 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 volume (411 folios)