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|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risalpur Risalpur]
|stateprovince=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa Khyber PakhtoonkhwaPakhtunkhwa, old NWFP]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan 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==*[http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-R.htm#Risalpur RAF Risalpur] rafweb.org*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.flickr.com/photos/ww2images/6902618841/ Risalpur Airfield c 1939] flickr.com*[https://www.theguardian.com/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*[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6209685/RAF-pilots-1930s-reconnaissance-snaps-emerge-sale.html "Exploring the North West Frontier from 21,000ft: RAF pilot's fascinating 1930s reconnaissance snaps of the Himalayas and Indus Valley emerge for sale more than 80 years on"] by Amie Gordon 26 September 2018. dailymail.co.uk. With photographs, including Risalpur.  {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}} 
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