Coll 5/37 ‘Landings in, and use of, Persian territory by British aircraft’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 5/37 ‘Landings in, and use of, Persian territory by British aircraft’
- Date:
- 1934/1934
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains correspondence related to a forced landing by aircraft Helenaof 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 of the flight. It also contains prior correspondence – from April 1934 – regarding a request from Imperial Airways for emergency landing rights at Jask.The main correspondents are as follows: Francis George Lawder Bertram representing the Air Ministry, George William Rendel representing the Foreign Office, and John Gilbert Laithwaite representing the India Office.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 27; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Landing grounds
Aeroplanes–Forced landings - Geographic region:
- Jask
- Rights:
- رخصة المشاع الإبداعي لأغراض غير تجارية
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000211_ar
81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000211_en
IOR/L/PS/12/1991
IOR/L/PS/12/1991