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'''Risalpur''' was a small town near [[Mardan]] in [[Peshawar District]], [[North West Frontier Province]] (NWFP). | '''Risalpur''' was a small town near [[Mardan]] in [[Peshawar District]], [[North West Frontier Province]] (NWFP). | ||
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| + | It was the location of a [[Royal Air Force]] base. | ||
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| + | ==External links== | ||
| + | *[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.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.users.zetnet.co.uk/sparkes/risalpur.htm Risalpur 1944] from [http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/sparkes/index.htm ''The Mumblings of Edward Sparkes''] (Flt Lt Edward D S N Sparkes) | ||
| + | *[http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/feb/12/readers-favourite-photographs-songs-recipes My father's Indian experience: RAF Risalpur, near the Afghan border, sometime between 1944 and 1947]. guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle | ||
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[[Category:Locations]] | [[Category:Locations]] | ||
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] | [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] | ||
Revision as of 11:25, 6 December 2012
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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.
External links
- RAF Risalpur rafweb.org
- Charles Frederick Langley was in India on the North West Frontier 1920-1923 with the RAF 27 Squadron based at Risalpur. Photographs Family website
- 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 stills
- Risalpur Airfield c 1939 flickr.com
- Risalpur 1944 from The Mumblings of Edward Sparkes (Flt Lt Edward D S N Sparkes)
- My father's Indian experience: RAF Risalpur, near the Afghan border, sometime between 1944 and 1947. guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle
