-
known as RAF
Habbaniya (Arabic: قاعدة الحبانية الجوية), (originally RAF
Dhibban), was a
Royal Air
Force station at Habbaniyah,
about 55
miles (89 km) west...
- standard-gauge line
branching 5 km (3 mi)
after Baghdad at the Baghdad-
Dhibban railway. This was
abandoned due to
strategic changes by the war command...
-
therefore sought to
reconstruct the dam. This
required the
occupation of
Dhibban, a
village about 32 km (20 miles)
south of Ramadi, in
order to
guard the...
-
Euphrates had
already been
established the
Royal Air
Force airbase of RAF
Dhibban,
later renamed RAF Habbaniya. It was the
scene of
action during the Rashid...
-
International Airport RAF
Dhibban Iraq 1936 1938
renamed to RAF
Habbaniya in 1938) RAF
Habbaniya Iraq 1938 1959
renamed from RAF
Dhibban in 1938 RAF Hinaidi...
-
armoured cars,
reconnoitring ahead, soon
found that the
village of Sin el
Dhibban, on the
Fallujah road, was
occupied by
Iraqi troops. The 1st KORR and the...
- 1937 1 ACC
moved from the RAF
Hinaidi Cantonment to a new base at RAF
Dhibban (renamed RAF
Habbaniya on 1 May 1938),
where it
remained based until disbandment...
- Mildenhall. On 2
February 1938 he
returned to Iraq to take
command of RAF
Dhibban.
Group Captain Maxwell was
placed on the
retired list of the RAF on 1 April...
- (RAF) and
called RAF Hinaidi. When the RAF
built their new base at RAF
Dhibban (renamed RAF
Habbaniya on 1 May 1938), the RAF began, in 1936, to leave...
- 1932, p. 214. Dawson, Geoffrey, ed. (21
April 1938). "Royal Air
Force Dhibban station renamed". The Times. No. 47974. p. 7. ISSN 0140-0460. "36 Sqn |...
