Key Information
Reference code
ISMAY 3/1/85
Title
Typescript text of a letter to The Times, Apr 1930, on the relative roles of the RAF and the Somaliland Camel Corps in operations against Dervish forces
Date(s)
- 1930 Apr 16 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
2pp
Scope and content
Papers relating to controversy over the part played by the RAF in operations in Somaliland, consisting of letter from C N French, United Service Club, to the Editor of The Times concerning the Mullah and the RAF and referring to MRAF Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard of Wolfeton's remarks in the House of Lords on the value of the RAF in Somaliland operations, and attributing their success more to the Somaliland Camel Corps. Typescript 2pp