‘File 7/33 Demonstration flights over Trucial Coast by R.A.F. bombers from Air Head Quarters Iraq’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘File 7/33 Demonstration flights over Trucial Coast by R.A.F. bombers from Air Head Quarters Iraq’
- Date:
- 1949/1949
- Description:
- 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.1 file (17 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. 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).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.
- Language:
- English
Arabic - Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Extent:
- 1 file (17 folios)
- Rights:
- Open Government Licence
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000c4_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000c4_en
IOR/R/15/2/293 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers