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*[http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-R.htm#Risalpur RAF Risalpur] rafweb.org
*[http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-R.htm#Risalpur RAF Risalpur] rafweb.org
*[http://www.maxwall.co.uk/army/info.htm Charles Frederick Langley]  was in  India on the North West Frontier 1920-1923 with the RAF 27 Squadron based at Risalpur. [http://www.maxwall.co.uk/army/gallery.htm Photographs] Family website
*[http://www.maxwall.co.uk/army/info.htm Charles Frederick Langley]  was in  India on the North West Frontier 1920-1923 with the RAF 27 Squadron based at Risalpur. [http://www.maxwall.co.uk/army/gallery.htm Photographs] Family website
*Two postcards from the collection at the ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, sent by F.G. Prew, a soldier, probably in the [[56th Regiment of Foot |2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment]] to Adolf Feller of Switzerland. It appears he was visiting Risalpur, not based there.
**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ethbib.bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043154-RE_171887.html General View B.C Institutes & Barracks, Risalpur NWFP post stamped 27-12-29] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ethbib.bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043154-VE_216141.html  message]
**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ethbib.bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043155-RE_171886.html General View B.C. Barracks, Football Ground and the Church, Risalpur NWFP post stamped 27-12-29] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ethbib.bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043155-VE_216142.html message]
*[http://www.britishpathe.com/video/on-the-afghan-border/query/Pass  Newsreel: "On The Afghan Border - Air-Marshal Sir John Steel inspects the Bomber Squadron R.A.F. at Risalpur." 1934] britishpathe.com. May be viewed as a series of [http://www.britishpathe.com/video/stills/on-the-afghan-border stills]
*[http://www.britishpathe.com/video/on-the-afghan-border/query/Pass  Newsreel: "On The Afghan Border - Air-Marshal Sir John Steel inspects the Bomber Squadron R.A.F. at Risalpur." 1934] britishpathe.com. May be viewed as a series of [http://www.britishpathe.com/video/stills/on-the-afghan-border stills]
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/ww2images/6902618841/ Risalpur Airfield c 1939] flickr.com
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/ww2images/6902618841/ Risalpur Airfield c 1939] flickr.com

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Risalpur
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Presidency: Bengal
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Place Name: Risalpur
State/Province: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, old NWFP
Country: Pakistan
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Risalpur was a small town near Mardan in Peshawar District, North West Frontier Province (NWFP).

It was the location of a Royal Air Force base.

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