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Air-Sea Rescue and Coastal Unit: RAF General Hospital, formed Hinaidi, Iraq, November...
Catalogue reference: AIR 29/943
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This record is about the Air-Sea Rescue and Coastal Unit: RAF General Hospital, formed Hinaidi, Iraq, November... dating from 1922 Aug-1945 Dec in the series Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Operations Record Books, Miscellaneous Units. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- AIR 29/943
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1922 Aug-1945 Dec
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Air-Sea Rescue and Coastal Unit: RAF General Hospital, formed Hinaidi, Iraq, November 1922; moved to Dhibban December 1937; renamed Habbaniya May 1938; became 6 RAF Hospital, December 1943
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- Open in 1972
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Air Ministry and Ministry of Defence: Operations Record Books, Miscellaneous Units
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