Coll 5/67 ‘Crashes of British aircraft in neutral countries during the war’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 5/67 ‘Crashes of British aircraft in neutral countries during the war’
- Date:
- 1939/1941
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains a small number of papers related to the crashes of Royal Air Force (RAF) machines in neutral countries; the file focuses on neutral countries of interest to the India Office. The vast majority of the papers focus on a single incident in September 1939: the crash landing of an RAF plane near Chahbar [Chabahar] in Iran. Two other incidents briefly mentioned are as follows: a missing Hannibal aircraft lost around the Persian Gulf in March 1940, and the crash of a Blenheim aircraft in Thailand 29 September 1941.The main correspondents are as follows: HM Minister at Tehran, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and representatives of the External Affairs Department of the Government of India.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 26; 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:
- Aeroplanes–Forced landings
Air accidents
Second World War (1939-1945) - Geographic region:
- Chahbar
- Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000237_ar
81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000237_en
IOR/L/PS/12/2029
IOR/L/PS/12/2029