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IOR/R/15/2/293
- Record Id:
- 040-000228564
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000c4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023233604.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/293
- Title:
- ‘File 7/33 Demonstration flights over Trucial Coast by R.A.F. bombers from Air Head Quarters Iraq’
- Scope & Content:
- The file’s correspondence and other papers concern a demonstration by Royal Air Force [RAF] aircraft, which took place over the Trucial Coast (including Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah) in June 1949. The correspondents in the file include the Political Resident at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay), and various RAF officials from Air Headquarters in Habbaniyah in Iraq. A report of the demonstration, written by GE Lewis, Air Staff Liaison Officer, is included in the file (folios 13-14). Proposals for a bombing demonstation outside Sharjah for October or November 1949 are also discussed by officials.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228401
038-000228529
040-000228564 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/139-916 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/259-293 : File 7 Royal Air Force
IOR/R/15/2/293 : ‘File 7/33 Demonstration flights over Trucial Coast by R.A.F. bombers from Air Head Quarters Iraq’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0008]/038-000228529[0035]/040-000228564
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (17 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000c4
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1949
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 28 May 1949-16 Jul 1949
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: foliation sequence begins on the front cover and ends on the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The following foliation anomalies occur: 1, and 1A.
- Former External References:
- Confidential Office: File 7/33
- Arrangement:
- The file is arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front of the file to the latest at the end. Circled index numbers written using blue/red crayon can be found throughout the file, and refer to the office notes at the end of the file (folio 17).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)