Open Day - Royal Air Force Khormaksar at Home, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 18th November 1960 - Programme Number 2258

Langue : anglais

Edité par Royal Air Force (RAF) Khormaksar, RAF Khormaksar, Aden Colony, 1960

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An unusual and wide-ranging insight into life and work at RAF Khormaksar, the RAF's biggest Staging Post to Singapore and Australia, and soon to become its busiest ever Station during the Aden Emergency. Programme in original colour wraps 21x26cm, individually numbered "2258" to p32. Printed by East African Standard Ltd, Nairobi. 64pp with full-page b/w map, full-page b/w plan, b/w photos and local adverts throughout. Laid in is a photocopy of the plan on a slightly larger scale. Fair only, with blue ink bleeding to the wraps and several page edges though with minimal impact on content. Nevertheless extremely rare with Worldcat and Library Hub recording only one institutional copy of a 1962 edition between them (OCLC 1088536221: Exeter University). Hosted by permission of Station Commander Group Captain J.R.H. Merifield, the Open Day was held to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund, and repay the hospitality shown by residents in the Colony and Protectorates (Merifield's Foreword). This public relations work thus contains sections on the RAF Benevolent Fund (Air Marshal S.C. Elsworthy, Commander-in-Chief, British Forces, Arabian Peninsula); RAF Khormaksar's role (Merifield); its Wing Commanders; its role as a Staging Post (Wing Commander ABJ Pearson); the Army's Air Despatch Unit; 8, 37, 84, 233, 5004 Airfield Construction Branch Squadrons; air traffic control; aircraft in the flying display; family welfare (Mrs Merifield); children's education; Aden Forces Broadcasting Association; Khormaksar and Aden; recent visitors (including Lord Mountbatten); the Aden Protectorate Levies; leisure; and the Battle of Britain. The Programme lists 23 events involving diverse aircraft including a sonic bang, low photographic reconnaissance runs, a helicopter dingy rescue to the sound of the Blue Danube, paras loaded on to a Blackburn Beverley, numerous fly-pasts and landings and other activities giving insight into hardware and operations. Music was provided by the Military Band and Corps of Drums. Amusements organised by Squadrons and other groups included treasure hunts and other games. The map is of Arabia and Africa with an inset for Aden Colony. The plan shows the Station's layout with event structures and toilets distinguished as of European or non-European type reflecting the diverse population. Among the advertisers are Aden Airways, oil (Standard Vacuum, BP, Shell), banks (Grindlays, Chartered, Bank of India), shipping, etc.…

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Titre
Open Day - Royal Air Force Khormaksar at Home, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 18th November 1960 - Programme Number 2258
Auteur
Merifield, Group Captain J.R.H.; Air Marshal S.C. Elsworthy; Flying Officer A.M. Stewart (Editor); et al
Éditeur
Royal Air Force (RAF) Khormaksar, RAF Khormaksar, Aden Colony
Année de publication
1960
État de l'article
Fair
Reliure
Soft cover
Langue
anglais

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