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4581. IOR/L/PS/12/2034

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2034
Title:
Coll 5/73 ‘Afghan Air Force: Reports on’
Scope & Content:
The file contains periodical reports by the British Military Attaché at Kabul (Colonel Alexander Stalker Lancaster) on the Afghan Air Force, they cover the period 1 March 1938 to 31 October 1947. There is a gap for the period 2 May 1938 to 31 October 1940 for which no reports are present in the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1938-30 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (214 folios)

4582. IOR/L/PS/12/2035

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2035
Title:
Coll 5/73 ‘Afghan Air Force: reports by British Military Attache Kabul 1 November 1947 to 31 October 1947’
Scope & Content:
The file contains periodical reports by the British Military Attaché at Kabul (Colonel Alexander Stalker Lancaster and J H Prendergast) on the Afghan Air Force, covering the period 1 November 1947 to 31 October 1949. The reports cover a range of topics such as training flights, operations cond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1948-29 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (27 folios)

4583. IOR/L/PS/12/2036

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2036
Title:
Coll 5/74 ‘Afghanistan: British connection with the Afghan Air Force’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the position of British instructors employed by the Afghan Air Force. Most of the file consists of policy discussion – prompted by a letter from Colonel Alexander Stalker Lancaster, dated 13 April 1941, folios 23-31 – as to how this position should be developed conside...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1941-8 Jan 1942
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

4584. 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)

4585. IOR/L/PS/12/2038

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2038
Title:
Coll 5/76 ‘Proposed inauguration of a Baghdad-Tehran air service with possible extension to Kabul & Baku; Civil air route between India & Persia (Retention of RAF airfields)’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with proposals for the development of civil aviation services connecting Iran (frequently referred to as Persia) with Iraq and India. It therefore includes correspondence related to proposed aerial surveys of possible routes. The question of whether three airfields at Zahid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1941-27 May 1947
Extent:
1 file (181 folios)

4586. IOR/L/PS/12/2038, f 103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2038, f 103
Title:
Sketch map of South Eastern Persia
Scope & Content:
A sketch map of the south eastern region of Persia [Iran] showing the border with Afghanistan and Baluchistan. It indicates the positions of Kerman, Mirjarah, and Zahidan, which are marked due to the presence of airfields constructed by the British military. It has been filed with papers consider...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[Jan 1945]
Extent:
1 map

4587. IOR/L/PS/12/2038, f 130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2038, f 130
Title:
‘PERSIA’
Scope & Content:
The map accompanies a report titled ‘Air Transport in Persia – 1944 and afterwards’ by Walter Leslie Runciman, Air Attaché at Tehran: see folios 119-129. It shows Persia [Iran] in the centre bounded by Iraq to the East, Afghanistan and Baluchistan to the West, the Caspian Sea in the North, and t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Sep 1944
Extent:
1 map

4588. IOR/L/PS/12/2038, f 143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2038, f 143
Title:
Sketch map illustrating air routes in Iran
Scope & Content:
A sketch map showing Iran in the centre bounded by Iraq to the East, Afghanistan and Baluchistan to the West, the Caspian Sea in the North, and the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman in the South. The Tabriz-Tehran-Meshed air route is indicated by a dashed line. A number of surrounding cities in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1944
Extent:

1 map

4589. 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)

4590. 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)

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