HC Deb 03 March 1932 vol 262 c1291W
Mr. PERKINS

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the number and the situation of Air Force aerodromes in Egypt, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and India; and which of these aerodromes are used by Imperial Airways?

Sir P. SASSOON

Aerodromes at present occupied by the Royal Air Force are situated at Aboukir, Heliopolis, Helwan, Ismailia and Abu Sueir in Egypt (5); at Amman and Ramleh in Palestine (2); at Khartoum in the Sudan (1); at Mosul, Hinaidi and Shaibah in Iraq (3); at Karachi, Lahore, Ambala, Kohat, Risalpur, Quetta and Peshawar in India (7). Three of these—Heliopolis, Khartoum and Shaibah—are used by Imperial Airways. In addition the company uses an unoccupied Royal Air Force aerodrome at Baghdad West, in Iraq, an emergency landing ground at Semakh in Palestine, and landing grounds at Assiut, Luxor and Assuan in Egypt.

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