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121. IOR/R/15/2/276

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/276
Title:
‘File 7/11 Flights of unidentified aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters, telegrams and other papers relating to unidentified aircraft either seen or heard over the Arab coast during the Second World War, and the emergency landing of a B-17 Flying Fortress at Abu Dhabi in May 1944. Correspondence is sent and received by a host of British off...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Nov 1940-30 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

122. IOR/R/15/2/277

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/277
Title:
‘File 7/12 Protection of aerodromes by levies’
Scope & Content:
The volume’s contents concern the establishment of companies of levy corps to protect Royal Air Force (RAF) bases in the Gulf. The main correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield until October 1943, Major Tom Hickinbotham from October 1943 to March 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Apr 1942-23 Mar 1945
Extent:
1 volume (250 folios)

123. IOR/R/15/2/278

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/278
Title:
‘File 7/12 II Protection of aerodromes by levies (and locally recruited guards)’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents concern the withdrawal of Royal Air Force (RAF) levies from the RAF bases at Bahrain and Sharjah in response to the end of the Second World War, and subsequent arrangements to replace the levies with guards to maintain security at these bases. The principal correspondents in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1945-24 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

124. IOR/R/15/2/279

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/279
Title:
‘File 7/13 Air facilities – Qatar’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to a request from the RAF to the Political Agent in Bahrain, to install wireless observation posts [WOUs] on the north-east coast of the Qatar peninsula. Permission was sought from and given by the Shaikh of Qatar, and assistance in the set-up of the post...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1942-5 Jul 1942
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

125. IOR/R/15/2/280

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/280
Title:
‘File 7/14 I R.A.F. wards in Bahrain Govt. hospital’
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the file relates to a request for new arrangements in the allocation of wards at the Bahrain Government Hospital. In March 1945 Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, formally made a request to the Political Agent at Bahrain that the one or both of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1945-8 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

126. IOR/R/15/2/281

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/281
Title:
‘File 7/15 Improvements to Muharraq aerodrome’
Scope & Content:
The file’s correspondence concerns the physical expansion of the Royal Air Force (RAF) aerodrome at Muharraq. Correspondence discusses the local labour requirements (up to 2500 men) for construction works, the encroachment of the site and its buildings onto adjoining land, the condition of the ro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1945-9 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

127. IOR/R/15/2/282

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/282
Title:
‘File 7/17 Additional aerodromes – Manama’
Scope & Content:
The file’s correspondence concerns plans for a new aerodrome at Manama, in order to maintain the air route through the Gulf while the runway at Muharraq was concreted to allow heavy bombers to land there. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1944-9 Feb 1946
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

128. IOR/R/15/2/283

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/283
Title:
‘File 7/18 RAF Levies (Sharjah & Dubai)’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents relate to the employment of askari guards (local soldiers) employed as security personnel in the Royal Air Force Levy Corps at the RAF base at Sharjah, and in particular to the discipline of these askaris, and incidents of theft from the RAF base allegedly involving askaris. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1943-6 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (66 folios)

129. IOR/R/15/2/284

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/284
Title:
‘File 7/20 Petrol dhow at Ras-al-Khaimah’
Scope & Content:
The papers in the file relate to the Royal Air Force’s [RAF] decision to abandon the lease of a petrol dhow for seaplane refuelling at Ra’s al-Khaymah, originally agreed with the Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah, and the British Overseas Airways Corporation’s [BOAC] arrangements to take over lease for t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1942-22 Aug 1943
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

130. IOR/R/15/2/285

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/285
Title:
‘File 7/21 Hospital facilities for R.A.F. at Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file’s contents relate to arrangements during the Second World War for the use of the Bahrain State Hospital by the Royal Air Force (RAF) at Bahrain. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain (numerous incumbents), the Adviser to the Bahrain Government (Char...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1942-10 Apr 1946
Extent:
1 file (41 folios)

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