1916 A twin-engined aeroplane arrived, together with a circus group, in Rescht from Russia. <‘Atrvash, 1386> 1917 5 September 1917 The route via Russia: Manchester – Petrograd – Baku - Meched 1918 Major General Sir Geoffrey Salmond, GOC RAF Middle East; Brigadier Borton and Captain Ross Smith flew a Handley Page bomber from Cairo (29 November 1918) - Damascus – Ramadi – Baghdad (arrived 30 November 1918) – Bushire (arrived 5 December 1918) – Bandar Abbas – Chahbar (arrived 7 December 1918, departed 10 December 1918). At least one postcard was picked up at Chahbar (addressed to Karachi). At Karachi on 10 December 1918, 43 letters were handed to the Postmaster for onward delivery. The flight continued to Delhi (12 December 1918) and Calcutta (17 December 1918). http://www.japhila.cz/hof/0630/index0630_004.htm Other sources give slightly different dates and state that Bandar Abbas was reached on 6 December 1918, where the starboard wheel was damaged. The necessary repair delayed departure from Bandar Abbas until 9 December 1918, when they left Bandar Abbas and reached Chahbar that same day. 1919 13 January 1919 The aircraft HMA Old Carthusian left Martlesham Heath (England) on 13 December 1918 on the first through flight to India. The crew were Major Archibald S.C. Maclaren, Captain Robert Halley (co-pilot), Sgt. A.E.S. Smith, Sgt. William Crockett and Sgt. Thomas Brown. Commander in Chief of RAF India, General Norman D.K. MacEwan, was
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