Page 84 - Iraq Postal History - Jacob von Uexkull

Iraq

1929, special Flight Bagdad-Cairo-London. As the Airliner left Bagdad early - as per the

-enclosed cutting - the mail was taken by RAF to Cairo, but returnedfrom there.
INDIA AIR LINER'S
BUSTLE COMED,Y......,.,,
R.A.F.'8 VAIN CHASE WITH
:MAILS ACROSS DESERT.
BAGDAD, '.l"ueoday.
G rcai surprise w.as caused lH're by the
new air liner from India leaving Bagdad
this motning· three hours beforn the
sclieduled time without c.'Ollecting the
hcaxy local mail.
The liui>r, which was due here this
morning, arrived last 11ight. No ex-
planation of the early departure to-day
was offered to the lraq authorities.
The Air Force endeavoured to cope
wit.h the emergency by detailing three
Service machines t<> oarry the Iraq
mails to Cairo in the endeavour to over-
take the air liner there.
They duly left, but !Jhe la.test informa-
tion i» that tthe liner, which was due to
stop at Gaza to-night, continued its
journey to Cairo, where it arrived safely,
and then Jeft again for Alexandria
Among the passengers on the liner
waa Viscount Chetwynd, chairman of
- - -Imperial Airways.-Reuter.

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