‘File 7/23 Emergency landing grounds at T.C. [Trucial Coast]’

Title:

‘File 7/23 Emergency landing grounds at T.C. [Trucial Coast]’

Date:

1944/1948

Description:

The file’s contents relate to the maintenance and continued use of Royal Air Force (RAF) emergency landing grounds along the Arab coast of the Gulf, and in particular those at Abu Dhabi, Bani Yas island [Şīr Banī Yās] and Doha. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent in Bahrain (Major Tom Hickinbotham until March 1945, Cornelius James Pelly from March to October 1945, Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway from October 1945 to March 1947, then Pelly thereafter), the Political Resident (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior until May 1946, Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay thereafter), and various RAF officials. The file’s contents include correspondence relating to: the organisation of reconnaissance trips to the landing strips at Abu Dhabi, Şīr Banī Yās and Doha to ascertain their condition (an undated report of the reconnaissance is included at folios 25-28); subsequent arrangements for maintenance work to be carried out; the decision to let the lease of the emergency landing strip at Kalba lapse in 1948; questions over the ownership of an RAF rest house at Dubai creek, with a map showing the location of the rest house at folio 57.1 file (57 folios)The file is arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front of the file to the latest at the end. The office notes towards the end of the file (folios 53-56) mirror the chronological arrangement.Foliation: Foliation is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. In addition, some of the folios have index numbers circled in red or blue crayon. The foliation sequence, which should be used for referencing, begins on first folio after the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 58. The following foliation anomalies occur: no f.3.

Language:

English
Arabic

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Extent:

1 file (57 folios)

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000ad_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000ad_en
IOR/R/15/2/286

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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