مجموعة ٥/٧٣ "سلاح الجو الأفغاني: تقارير" [و‎‎٧‎٧] (٤٣١/١٥٣)

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the
1# Genera ;i ft
^ ^ «iacHind aircraft despatched to Garrio? An oa+k
explosive boinbs were dropped during the operations but airr»wp+
Tn£\^ Qd Sr tilQ ^^en and o^l V eml Sions
ia^v°Kr^£f ee are sai<i tew® t©an destroyed by intend- *
very -tishod^th Jh ter °l D ® fe ? ce ^ reported to have been d
from t i ie ~ ork of ■these six aircraft while operating
decoration?* n0 air force Personnel appear to have been anwr^
tl^f^ 3 * , T ‘ le f? ' ?ere no a ir force casmltios during the o^eea -
j and only slight damage to aircraft due to mishaps on the
bullet iZS iU* & Pil0t <3amginS 1118 P^P^^ S firiS a
persuaded to resume work, but they are still difeatiq-Pi
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Thf Pfc^ojronce at the Kabul altitude.
airemft C °An£ +h f ^ y ^ Sa | 1 ?u iea ^ T1 ^ er Moth as a Iroiner
General Staff has informed the
ai“nf{ Jf'-itej JS\“mK«lUb^ U |S g 6 Z S 1 | Shg'if S
Hn?^. S 1 ?^ 8 y ere fi ven Jo the Afghan Govt in June that a
+ ?, ? 11 ai ?S r !f t could bQ flown to Kabul from India for •
? n ?u ld 30 desire, but the Ministry of Defence
? 1 ^ t +u tl ?y*!! ,ere no ' t very interested in single sea ter
a ? d that the type of aircraft they required was a two
eins^e engine general purpose aircraft which could be used
for recce .bombing and machine gun work, had a ceiling of 20 , 000 '
600 miles
J 7 ' J?j rj y °yp r th® Hindu Kush, and a range of 600 n-h .
•that°tho r n* . T he British pilot instructor has suggested
requirements^ h Hen;ie y tW 9 of aircraft might meet Afgh^
/operational
J®L„ Q I i 1 f ?° w Proteble that the Afghan Govt will postpone
f® c ^ 3lon 3b9 ut the purchase of addiUonal^airoraft
4 ° r f? officer accompanying the Afghan Military Mis-
inenc?+i^ na ^ a 4 n th® winter of 1944-45 t^s had an opportunity of
inspecting various types of BriUsh and American aircraft irT
haS A ren ^l re ? b*? re P or t end recommendations to his
government® A good sign has been the desire of the Afghan flnvt
to retain British instructors in their airforce, and to^end
their contracts for further periods. * exiena
Afghan aii+hcnl+f?? St 4 +? °f alleged American approaches to the
Afghan authorities with a view to creating an interest in American