Coll 5/78 ‘Facilities for the R.A.F. on the Arab Coast’

Title:

Coll 5/78 ‘Facilities for the R.A.F. on the Arab Coast’

Date:

1942/1942

Description:

Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding proposals to station a Royal Air Force (RAF) light bomber squadron at Sharjah and a reconnaissance squadron at Dubai. It also discusses works to be undertaken at aerodromes in Bahrain, Sharjah, Dubai, and Kalba. This correspondence has been circulated to government departments by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. Copies of telegrams dating back to the 22 January 1942 are present in the file.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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 23; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-22; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Landing grounds
Military aviation
Royal Air Force

Geographic region:

Trucial Coast

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000242_ar
81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000242_en
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