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21. IOR/L/PS/12/1958

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1958
Title:
Coll 5/13 ‘Afghanistan: Reports on condition of Afghan Air Force’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a number of reports submitted by Francis Henry Humphrys, HM Minister at Kabul, regarding the Afghan Air Force and the development of aviation in Afghanistan. These reports generally provide information on the following: the aircraft in use, the personnel employed, the armament ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1926-5 Feb 1929
Extent:
1 file (51 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/12/2014

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2014
Title:
Coll 5/55(4)(S) ‘Afghanistan: Supply of Tiger Moths’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the sale of eight de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth training aircraft to the Afghan Air Force. Topics covered include the price of aircraft and spares, supply of the aircraft (from Indian and United Kingdom stocks), and a trial of a Tiger Moth in Kabul dur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1943-23 Aug 1946
Extent:
1 file (78 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/12/2011

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2011
Title:
Coll 5/55(2) ‘AFGHANISTAN: SUPPLY OF AIRCRAFT TO THE AFGHAN GOVNT. SUPPLY OF SPARE PARTS’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a small quantity of correspondence related to obtaining payment for ten Hawker Hind propellers supplied to the Afghan Air Force by the Air Ministry – via the Government of India – in 1946. The main correspondents are the Air Ministry and the Commonwealth Relations Office. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1948-1 Feb 1950
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

24. IOR/L/PS/12/1996

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1996
Title:
Coll 5/42 Aviation in Siam
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the development of civil and military aviation in Siam [Thailand]. This includes intelligence on purchases of aircraft and weaponry from the United States for the Siamese Air Force (Siamese Royal Air Force from 1937); the file also contains a limited am...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1921-14 Nov 1940
Extent:
1 file (153 folios)

25. IOR/L/PS/12/2056

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2056
Title:
Coll 5/89 ‘BILATERAL AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT BETWEEN G. of I AND U.K.’
Scope & Content:
The file consists of papers related to a proposed bilateral air transport agreement between India and the United Kingdom (UK). A copy of the Government of India's (G of I) proposed draft can be found on folios 21-26. Towards the front of the file are a small number of telegrams, most of which a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1948-15 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

26. IOR/L/PS/12/2057

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2057
Title:
Coll 5/90/2 ‘BOAC U.K. – Bahrain Service: Landing of Flying Boats at Koweit’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a small number of papers concerning proposals from the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) to introduce Koweit [Kuwait] as a calling point on its flying boat service between the United Kingdom (UK) and Bahrain.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1948-17 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

27. IOR/L/PS/12/2013

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2013
Title:
Coll 5/55/3 ‘Afghanistan: Supply of General Purpose and Trainer aircraft by H.M.G. (Replacement of Hinds)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between Kenneth Roy Crook, representing the Commonwealth Relations Office, and Hawker Aircraft Limited. It concerns an outstanding claim against Hawkers for six spare Hind parts, which should have been delivered to the Afghan Air Force in 1939. The query has been...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1949-29 Jul 1949
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

28. IOR/L/PS/12/1991

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1991
Title:
Coll 5/37 ‘Landings in, and use of, Persian territory by British aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to a forced landing by aircraft Helena of Imperial Airways at Jask on 16 May 1934. The flight in question was carrying the Viceroy of India, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, and his wife Marie Adelaide (Lord and Lady Willingdon): see folio 4 for a detailed account...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1934-31 May 1934
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

29. IOR/L/PS/12/1995

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1995
Title:
Coll 5/41 ‘Persian Gulf: RAF fuel barge at Ras.al.Khaimah’
Scope & Content:
The file contains a small amount of correspondence between the Admiralty, the Air Ministry, Air Headquarters (Iraq), the Foreign Office, and the India Office, respecting thirteen-month of arrears in the rent due to the Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah [Ra's al-Khaymah], Shaikh Sultan bin Salim Āl Qāsimī...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jun 1934-22 Aug 1935
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

30. 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)