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Summary

Artist
Royal Air Force official photographer
Description
English: Royal Air Force in the Middle East, 1944-1945.

Hadrami civilians picking up grain dropped during the unloading of food supplies from aircraft of the RAF Famine Relief Flight at El Qatn in the Hadhramaut region of the British Aden Protectorate.

During 1943 and 1944, the Hadhramaut was hit badly by drought and a loss of foreign remittances, leading to starvation and the death of some 10,000 people in the region. In May 1944 the Famine Relief Flight, consisting of eight aircraft, was established at Riyan, moving to Khormaksar, Aden, the following month. The flight airlifted a daily total of 24 tons of grain into el Qatn, from where it was taken by RAF transport and camel train to soup kitchens set up in the towns.
Date between 1944 and 1945
date QS:P571,+1944-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1944-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//53/media-53859/large.jpg
This photograph CM 5931 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
Part of
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Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection
Subject(s)
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  • Associated people and organisations
    Royal Air Force, Famine Relief Flight
  • Associated places
    El Qatn, Aden Protectorate
  • Associated themes
    Middle East 1939-1945, Royal Air Force 1939-1945
  • Associated keywords
    Aerial Warfare, Civilians, Malnutrition, Operations, Supply
Category
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photographs
Image sorted
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yes

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Public domain
This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.

This is because it is one of the following:

  1. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It was published prior to 1974; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1974.

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