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ness. As permission had been granted by the Persian Government for one
machine to land only, permission for the second to leave had to be obtained
from Tehran. This was received on the 19th October when both machines
•flew back to Basrah.
(d) The Royal Air Force aeroplane c 'Hinaidi" arrived from Jask on th^
26th October with Sir Phillip Sassoon and Sir Denys Bray, K.C.I.E.,
C.S.I., C.B.E., the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, on board
[see (b) above]. It left again after a delay of a few hours for Baghdad.
(e) The Ryan monoplane ''Spirit of Australia" with Captain Frank
Hurley, Flying Olffiicers S.J. Moir and H. Owen of the Royal Australian Air
Force, arrived at Bandar Abbas from Karachi on the 14th November. The
Persian military authorities detained the machine on the excuse that Capt.
Hurley had no permit to land at Bandar Abbas, although he had permission
to land at Bushire. At the request of the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , the Governor
of the Gulf Ports wired to Bandar Abbas to allow the machine to leave and
the Legation was also asked to make the necessary representations at Tehran.
On the 18th November the machine was allowed to leave Bandar Abbas. It
reached Bushire the same day and left for Basrah en route for England.
(/) A Royal Air Force aeroplane No. Y.-7745, Pilot, Lt. D. F. Ander
son, which was flying from Baghdad to Karachi, made a forced landing on
Bahmanshir Island near Mohammerah on the 12th December on account of
engine trouble.
{g) The Royal Air Force "Victoria" machine with Sir Denys Bray,
K.C.I.E., C.S.I., C.B.E., Foreign Secretary to the Government of India,
on board arrived from Basrah on the 16th December and the same day left
for India via Bandar Abbas and Jask.
(A) Two "Victoria" machines of the Royal Air Force, Nos. J. 7926 and
J.-8919 in charge of Squadron Leader R. I. Chapman arrived at Bushire on
Christmas Day and left for India via Jask.
{i) Messrs. Vincent and Newall in two De Haviland nine "A" machines
arrived at Bushire and left for Karachi on the 23rd April with halts at
Bandar Abbas and Jask.
Dutch. — {a) Two Dutch mail aeroplanes arrived from Amsterdam during
the month of September en route to Java via Karachi and Calcutta.
{h) During the month of October three more Dutch mail aeroplanes
passed Bushire on their way from Amsterdam to Java.
{c) A Fokker Monoplane H. Naen, Captain Aler, arrived Bushire from
Karachi with mails from Batavia on the 12th November and left for Amster
dam via Iraq.
{d) A Fokker Monoplane No. Ph. Aen of the Royal Dutch Airways
carrying mails from Amsterdam arrived Bushire on the 22nd December and
left for Karachi en route to Batavia.
Swiss. — O d the 7th November a small Swiss aeroplane arrived from
Basrah manned by a pilot an'd a mechanic. The French Vice-Consul looked
after them as representing Swiss interests. The machine left for Karachi
on the 10th via Bandar Abbas but was forced to land at Jask owing to engine
trouble. It later proceeded to Karachi.
German.—{a) A Junker's aeroplane arrived from Tehran on the 20th
January and proceeded to Mohammerah to carry from there to Tehran ten
wireless valves received from France for use in the Persian Government
Station,.at the Capital. The first two batches of ten valves having been
smashed in transit by road, this third set had to be sent by aeroplane.
(&) Junker's aeroplane D.-921 arrived from Tehran on the 5th March
with two American passengers for Mohammerah for which place she left
next morning.
{c) On the 19th July a special monoplane of the Junker's Company D.-
921 arrived from Tehran with Persian Quarantine Doctors as passengers
and proceeded to Bander Abbas. It returned to Tehran via Bushire on the