7 March 1920 On 8 January 1920 De Havilland DH9 G-EAQM piloted by Lieutenants Raymond Parer AFC and John McIntosh left Hounslow England for Australia. They carried a very small mail (3 known) from Charbar (7 March 1920) to Karachi (8 March 1920). The route was Hounslow – Naples – Brindisi – Sudabay – Baghdad – Basra – Bushire – Bandar Abbas – Chahbar – Karachi – Calcutta – Rangoon – Moulmein (crash on 2 April 1920) – Darwin (arrived 2 August 1920). 15 April 1920 The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR (Mr. Churchill): It is estimated by the Air Ministry that there are now in Germany 15,248 aeroplanes, which could in a comparatively short time be made available, and which would be capable of being used for war purposes. Under Article 198 of the Peace Treaty the armed forces of Germany may not include any military or naval air forces. All aeroplanes in Germany are now in process of being listed, and will be inspected by the Inter-Allied Aeronautical Commission of Control, which is the final authority for deciding which aeroplanes come under the heading of military and naval aeroplanes. All military and naval aeroplanes will then be taken over by the Inter-Allied Aeronautical Commission of Control. <HC Deb 15 April 1920 vol 127 cc1821-3> 26 August 1920 On August 26, reports The Times correspondent at Teheran, British aeroplanes from Kasvin, after several days of enforced inactivity owing to cloudy weather, made a successful bomb raid on Enzeli Harbour, two direct hits on oil boats being observed. It was observed that the shipping in the harbour had increased, but whether the Azerbaijan Republic was determined to continue reinforcing or was endeavouring to evacuate the troops and stores was not clear. 29 September 1920 Bolshevist seaplanes on September 29 bombed Resht, and one crashed behind the Persian Cossack lines. According to The Times correspondent at Teheran, this machine, which is of an antiquated type, is the first aircraft to have passed into the possession of the Persians.
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