The Baghdad Air Mail

THE BAGHDAD AIR MAIL By Wing Commander Roderic Hill CONTENTS I THE MAKING OP THE AIR MAIL ROUTE II THE ROUTE IN BEING III WIND AND WEATHER IV EQUIPMENT AND ORGANIZATION V NAMES AND FANCIES. VI FROM THE PILOTS POINT OF VIEW 1924 VII FLIGHTS BY NIGHT AND IN STORMS 1925 VIII INTERLUDES AT SULAIMANITA AND JERUSALEM 1925 IX Two MAIL TRIPS IN 1925 X A MAIL TRIP AND A RESCUE JOB 1925 XI THE NIGHT MAIL AND A FLOOD 1925-1926 XII MISCELLANEOUS FLIGHTS IN 1926 XHI THE HOSPITALITY OF A SHEIKH EPILOGUE: Mt DEPARTURE FROM IRAQ INDEX

Wing Commander Roderic Hill was a member of the 45th Squadron of the Royal Air Force and from October 1924 to September 1926 he was stationed in Iraq flying the Air Mail Route from Cairo to Baghdad.