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*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_a3/sets/72157626122441646/ Photo Set: 31 Squadron RAF taken by Andy Andrews in 1923/24 in the North West Frontier], including some taken at Dardoni Flickr.com
*Photographs from the collection of Air Vice-Marshal Gerard Combe, at Dardoni on the North West Frontier c 1923 . Imperial War Museum, [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205084911 1], [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205084913 2], [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205084935 3], [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205084938 4], [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205084939 5], [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205084942 6]
*[http://www.davidwalser.com/my-father/ My Father: John G Walser] He was in IndiaI from 1922 to the end of 1925 with the Royal Air Force, including a posting to No. 31 Squadron which was stationed at Dardoni, in Waziristan. Scroll down for his account. ([http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:1dkdebA0DF4J:www.davidwalser.com/my-father/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au Cached] URL)
*[http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/31squadron.cfm 31 Squadron RAF] raf.mod.uk. This first operational military unit in Indian skies was in action along the North West Frontier from 1916, assisting the army in dealing with tribal unrest. Its BE2c biplanes were employed on artillery observation, reconnaissance and ground attack.
*Naval and Military Press publication [http://www.naval-military-press.com/history-of-no.31-squadron-royal-flying-corps-and-royal-air-force-in-the-east-from-its-formation-in-1915-to-1950..html ''History Of No.31 Squadron Royal Flying Corps And Royal Air Force in the East from its formation in 1915 to 1950'']
*[http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=40189&postcount=10 RAF on the NW Frontier Circa 1920's] part of a [http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6355 thread] from britishbadgeforum.com
*[http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/27squadron.cfm 27 Squadron, RAF] was in India and Burma most of the period 1920 to 1946. raf.mod.uk
*[http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205022233 Photograph 1928: T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) as Aircraftman T E Shaw on the aerodrome at Miranshah Fort in Waziristan during his service in the Royal Air Force] Imperial War Museums. Same photograph [https://www.facebook.com/archive150#!/photo.php?fbid=606518052706610&set=a.560245220667227.130541.301806946511057&type=1&theater Archive 150 on Facebook] with comments
*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80008691 1975 Interview with John William Easton], British NCO who served with 1 Wing, RAF at Miranshah Fort, 1928-1930 including contact with T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia). Imperial War Museums
*[http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205090524 Photograph: Pack mule at Miranshah Fort, laden with a wireless transmitter set from 20 Squadron RAF (interwar period)] Imperial War Museums
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/ww2images/tags/india/ ww2images photostream with "Tags –India"] flickr.com Mainly images of aircraft.
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/peshawar-ab.htm PAF <nowiki>[</nowiki>previously RAF<nowiki>]</nowiki> Peshawar] globalsecurity.org
*[http://www.khyber.org/articles/2009/Few_Snapshots_from_our_Aviatio.shtml "Few Snapshots from our Aviation History"] by Dr Ali Jan August 31, 2009 khyber.org. [http://web.archive.org/web/20081006003727/http://www.khyber.org/pashtohistory/aviationhistory/aviationhistory.shtml Archived page version]
*[http://www.rquirk.com/seac.html SEAC Liberator Squadrons] [WW2] from Robert Quirk’s website. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120212111221/http://www.rquirk.com/seac.html archive.org] link). Covers operations of squadrons based in India.
** Includes a link to pdf downloads of a report by Matthew J. Poole on the 26 July 1945 aerial collision between two RAF Liberators. (Version 6, 27 November 2008).
