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4561. IOR/L/PS/12/2018

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2018
Title:
Coll 5/58 ‘Flights of foreign aircraft over Nepal’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with alleged violations of Nepalese territory by foreign aircraft. The reports are supplied to the Government of India by HM Minister to Nepal (Frederick Marshman Bailey and later Geoffrey Betham). The papers within the file can be largely grouped under two categories: corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1937-27 Aug 1942
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

4562. 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)

4563. IOR/L/PS/12/2020

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2020
Title:
Coll 5/60(1) ‘Afghanistan: Purchase of aircraft from foreign sources (1) Italy (2) Germany’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and numerous extracts from intelligence reports (mostly from Kabul and Peshawar) related to the purchase of Italian aircraft (Romeo Type 37s, Breda Type 25s and 28s) by the Afghan Government, and the subsequent deputation of an Italian Air Mission to assemble and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1937-8 Aug 1944
Extent:
1 file (339 folios)

4564. IOR/L/PS/12/2021

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2021
Title:
Coll 5/60(2) ‘Afghanistan: Further purchase of Hind aircraft from UK by Afghan Govt’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the purchase of twenty second-hand Hawker Hind aircraft by the Afghan Government with associated accessories, weapons, and spares. The aircraft in question was purchased from the British Government by the Government of India for resale to Afghanistan. The file contains...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1938-30 Apr 1944
Extent:
1 file (537 folios)

4565. IOR/L/PS/12/2022

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2022
Title:
Coll 5/61 ‘Far East: Proposed extension to Burma-Yunnan frontier of Imperial Airways to link up with Eurasia Corporation’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with a proposal to link Imperial Airways Services and those of the Eurasia Aviation Corporation and/or China National Airways at the Burma-Chinese frontier, in consideration of establishing a more direct link to Hong Kong. The file therefore contains occasional references t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Oct 1934-20 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 file (363 folios)

4566. IOR/L/PS/12/2022, f 172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2022, f 172
Title:
‘SHAN STATES AIR ROUTE: Scale 1 Inch = 137 Miles’
Scope & Content:
A map accompanying a report by Frederick Tymms, Director of Civil Aviation in India, on his reconnaissance flight of 25-26 April 1937: see folios 165-171. The purpose of the flight was to explore the possibility of establishing a direct air route between Burma and Hong Kong via French Indo-China...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:
1 map

4567. IOR/L/PS/12/2022, f 173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2022, f 173
Title:
‘SHAN STATES AIR ROUTE: Scale 1 Inch = 32 Miles’
Scope & Content:
A map accompanying a report by Frederick Tymms, Director of Civil Aviation in India, on his reconnaissance flight of 25-26 April 1937: see folios 165-171. The purpose of the flight was to explore the possibility of establishing a direct air route between Burma and Hong Kong via French Indo-China...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:
1 map

4568. IOR/L/PS/12/2022, f 193

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2022, f 193
Title:
‘MAP TO ACCOMPANY CONCLUSIONS: SCALE 1:18,650000 (137 = 1 INCH)’
Scope & Content:
A map accompanying the conclusions of a report produced by Frederick Tymms, Director of Civil Aviation in India, on his reconnaissance flight of 25-26 April 1937: see folios 190-192. The projected Burma-Hong Kong route via the Shan States is shown in red and the possible extension of the Eurasia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:
1 map

4569. IOR/L/PS/12/2022, f 260

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2022, f 260
Title:
‘SKETCH MAP to illustrate G of I's telegram No 783 d.26.3.36: The Overland air routes to Hong Kong’
Scope & Content:
A sketch to illustrate a telegram (No 783 dated 26 March 1936) from the Government of India Department of Industries and Labour: see folios 261-263. The telegram suggested that a direct route between Burma and Hong Kong via the southern Shan States and French Indo-China should be considered in l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1936
Extent:
1 map

4570. IOR/L/PS/12/2023

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2023
Title:
Coll 5/61(1) ‘Survey Flight to Europe by Phillipine Aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The file consists of requests from the Government of the Philippines, relayed by HM Minister at Manilla (Linton Harry Foulds), requesting temporary landing rights in Burma and India for a number of charter flights to Europe. The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence refer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1947-21 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

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