‘OVER MOUNT RAKAPOSHI: NOTABLE R.A.F. FLIGHT IN THE HIMALAYAS’
IOR/L/PS/12/1993, f 154
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 28 Dec 1932. 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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Newspaper cuttings from The Times newspaper article, 28 December 1932, covering a Royal Air Force demonstration flight over the Himalayas in November 1932. This folio includes a print of an aerial photograph – taken during the course of the flight – showing a close up shot of a RAF Hawker Hart.
The flight did not fly over Mount Rakaposhi as claimed by the article.
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- 1 folio
- It is part of
- Coll 5/39 ‘Flights of RAF aeroplanes to Gilgit; flights of foreign aircraft over Gilgit and Chitral’409 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/12/1993
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Newspaper clipping
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- 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/1993, f 154
- Date(s)
- 28 Dec 1932 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1993, f 154
- Title
- ‘OVER MOUNT RAKAPOSHI: NOTABLE R.A.F. FLIGHT IN THE HIMALAYAS’
- Pages
- 154r
- Author
- Royal Air Force
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- Public Domain