Author
No. 203 Squadron RAF
Publication Date
23 Dec 1926-24 Dec 1931 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
248
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/119
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x000356
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
23 Dec 1926-24 Dec 1931 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bushire, Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat; officials in the
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
and the Government of India; the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies; officials of the Air Ministry, London; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government; RAF (Royal Air Force) officials at the Iraq Command; the High Commissioner of Iraq at Baghdad; the Senior Naval Officer in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; and members of No. 203 Squadron RAF.
The correspondence concerns the establishment of an air route along the Arabian littoral of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; seaplane reconnaisance missions in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
carried out by No. 203 Squadron RAF; the construction of landing grounds, seaplane anchorages and refuelling stations at various locations along the Arabian littoral of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, including Kuwait, al-Ḥasā’, Bahrain, Qatar, Ṣīr Banī Yās, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Umm al-Quwayn, Ra's al-Khaymah, Muscat and Maṣīrah island.
Also included within these papers are:
Sketch map of northern Bahrain depicting Manamah and Sitrah Island (f. 85);
Notes by the Air Staff on the Regulations of Air Control in Undeveloped Countries, dated 21 November 1928 (f. 65);
Plan Showing Landing Ground in Bahrein (f. 108B);
Details of Air Chief Marshal Sir William Geoffrey Hanson Salmond's 1929 air journey to India;
Details of Under-Secretary of State for Air Sir Philip Sassoon's 1931-32 air journey to India.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
7 Military and Marine: 7/4
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
Sketch map of northern Bahrain depicting Manamah and
Sitrah Island
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/119, f 85
‘PLAN SHOWING LANDING GROUND IN BAHREIN’
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/2/119, f 108b
ilgili birincil kaynaklar
ADM 116/2641 The R.A.F. in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- employment of flying boats (http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C3671256 [accessed 11/07/2013])
