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[[underlined]]INTRODUCTION[[/underlined]]

[[underlined]]Formation of Unit[[/underlined]]:

The Aviation Unit of the Saudi Arabian Mining Syndicate, Ltd., was formed in New York in January, 1936, for the purpose of exploring a mining concession in Western Saudi Arabia.  The concession consisted of approximately one hundred thousand square miles, extending along the coast of the Gulf of Aquba and the Red Sea from the town of Aquba in the north to the town of Khor-el-Birk in the south.

[[underlined]]Purpose:[[/underlined]]

The object of the exploration was not to make a comprehensive geological reconnaissance, but only to discover, locate and photograph any remains of ancient mining activities, such as workings, tailings dumps, or ruins existing within the concession, so as to assist ground parties in finding them.  A secondary purpose was to assist the ground organization in any manner possible such as the transport of personnel, freight, et cetera.