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Coll 5/23 ‘Alleged violation of the Saudi Arabian frontier by British aircraft’ [‎13r] (25/555)

The record is made up of 1 file (276 folios). It was created in 4 May 1930-29 Oct 1936. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Tel. No. :
WHITEHALL 7171.
AIR MINISTRY,
GWYDYR HOUSE,
WHITEHALL,
LONDON, S.W.1.
LONDON, S.W.1.
S. 39006/C. A. 1
Dear Clauson
With reference to your letter o^f the 14th
instant. No. PZ 6512/36, regarding the forced landing
With reference to your
of Imperial Airways aircraft ’’Horsa’', we have received
a report from the Inspector-in-Charge of our
Aeronautical Inspection Department at Heliopolis
Aerodrome,- which states that the forced landing was in
no way due to any mechanical defect, hut that it would
appear to have been due to the pilot over-shooting the
aerodrome at Bahrein in the darkness, with the result
that a forced landing had to be made in the "best
possible territory".
the wireless bearings which were given to the pilot.
Imperial Airways are, however, holding an inquiry, and
I will write to you again when the result of the
inquiry is known.
There iSjI understand f some question concerning
Yours sincerely
M.J. Clauson, Esq.,
India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. ,
Whitehall,
S.W.1.
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The file contains correspondence relating to incidents involving British aircraft in, or in the vicinity of, Saudi Arabia – Hejaz and Nejd prior to 1932; the incidents predominantly take the form of forced landings by aircraft of either the Royal Air Force (RAF) or of Imperial Airways. The correspondence generally includes reports on the incident, and covers measures taken to render assistance, the submission of apologies to the Government of Saudi Arabia, and occasionally the issue of rewards for assistance given. It also includes the details of an expenses claim made by the Government of Saudi Arabia in January 1935 for assistance rendered in the search for three lost Indian pilots of the Bombay Flying Club in October 1934: see folios 70-86. It further includes some discussion relating to regulating private flights over Iraq in response to this incident, the results being the issue of new regulations which can be found on folios 47-48.

The main correspondents are as follows: HM Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, later Sir Reader William Bullard), HM Chargé d'Affaires at Jedda, HM Ambassador to Iraq (Sir Francis Humphrys), officials of the Air Ministry, and officials of the Foreign Office. There is also correspondence with officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Saudi Arabia. Most of the correspondence in the file does not directly involve the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. ; correspondence in the file has frequently been forwarded to the Under-Secretary of State for India by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

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.

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1 file (276 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 277; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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