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Aviation History
1941
1941 - 1121.PDF
FLIGHT, May 15th, 1941. I? WAR in IRAQ Photographs of HabbaniyeH At the top of thePage is the R.A.F. head- quarters at Habbaniyeh,which, incidentally, has been built on virgindesert, and the flying- boat base on Lake Hab-baniyeh. This base is used by British OverseasAirways, and the build- >ng in the foreground isa hotel specially built for the accommodation ofair passengers. In the centre is theR-A.F. aerodrome at Habbaniyeh where hos-tilities broke out between British and Iraqi forces.The picture at the foot ot the page shows the native cantonment of the«-A.F. Station at Hab- oaniyeh. Native work-men employed at the station are housed withtheir families. This area was one of the targets ofwe Iraqi forces.
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