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*[http://www.xisquadronassociation.co.uk/history/history.html No XI Squadron, RAF] saw service on India’s Northwest frontier, from 1929, and in Burma from September 1943.
*[http://www.colonialfilm.org.uk/node/4128 Film: India, North-West Frontier, 1937]. colonialfilm.org.uk. Film shows various military scenes, including numerous scenes of the RAF in action, bombing, shooting and dropping leaflets in Waziristan
*[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://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:KJglRw0HNJYJ:www.maxwall.co.uk/army/info.htm+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au Cached] URL)
*Online [http://digital.wolfsonian.org/WOLF017525/00001 Photograph album of views from Iraq, India and Egypt 1932 – 1935] The images relating to India are pages [http://digital.wolfsonian.org/WOLF017525/00001/22j 20]- [http://digital.wolfsonian.org/WOLF017525/00001/40j 38]. Also one page, 31, [http://digital.wolfsonian.org/WOLF017527/00001/33j On the North West Frontier 1934] from another album. The photographs are thought to have been taken by T Fuller, who, while he was in India, was with 27 Squadron RAF, based at [[Kohat]]. Wolfsonian-FIU, (Miami Florida). To enlarge the images, click on "Page Turner".
*These [http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/ggphotos/index.htm photographs] have subjects which are of a Military nature and were taken by Gordon Gibbons during his tour of duty in the Northwest Frontier of India, now Pakistan, with the RAF from 1937 to 1940. Bob Holland’s Raimpais website. Includes
**[http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/ggphotos/military/miranshah1.htm Miranshah Fort, NWF 1939] "Because the fort was subject to continual intermittent sniper fire the aircraft were started up inside the fort and at the last minute the gates were opened and the aircraft took off. Upon return the aircraft had to land outside and quickly taxi up to the gates which were opened just in time for them to enter and then closed again to keep out any natives with bad intentions..."
**[http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/ggphotos/military/convoy2.htm Convoy Miranshah-Bannu road NWF] "It was at this gorge that the convoy of 450 personnel were held up for 4 days by deadly accurate sniper fire coming from a cave high up on the cliff face. Finally the C.O. flying dangerously close to the cliff face was able to lob a bomb into the cave and kill the sniper..."
*[http://www.rafcaa.org.uk/e29Memoirs.html Memoirs: Malcolm Macdougall]. He was posted in January 1938 to 20 A.C. Squadron, Northwest Frontier, where he spent two years at [[Peshawar]] and one year at [[Kohat]], with occasional detachments to Miramshah (Miranshah?). In 1941 he was posted to 27 Squadron [[Risalpur]] which later went to Singapore and Malaysia, then Ceylon. Website of [http://www.rafcaa.org.uk/index.html#entry RAF Cranwell Apprentices Association], [http://www.rafcaa.org.uk/e29.html 29th Entry]. ([http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:KoXtFU-LbgwJ:www.rafcaa.org.uk/e29Memoirs.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au Cached] URL)
*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80000869 1977 interview with Wilfred Randall Page] British aircraftman and photographer served with RAF in GB 1933-1935; served with Photographic Section, 28 Sqdn, RAF at Ambala and in Waziristan, India, 1935-1939 Imperial War Museums
*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80030649 2008 interview with Gawain Thomas Alexander 'Gavin’ Douglas] , born 1914. British officer served in India, with British and Indian Army, 1935-1940; trained as pilot with RAF in India, 1941-1942; served as flying instructor with RAF in India, 1943-1944, served with 28 and 60 Sqdns, RAF in Burma, 1/1945-5/1945; commanded 34 Sqdn in Burma, 5/1945-10/1945; commanded 28 Sqdn, RAF in Burma and Malaya, 1945- 1946; commanded 152 Sqdn, RAF on North West Frontier of India, 1946-1947 Imperial War Museums.
*[http://storyofwar.com/about A Story of War] Colin Diarmid Campbell Dunford Wood, kept war diaries continuously from early 1939. Initially with the 1st Battalion [[17th Regiment of Foot| Leicestershire Regiment]] in [[North West Frontier Campaigns|Waziristan]], he later joined the Royal Air Force, flying in Iraq, India and Burma (where he flew the last Hurricane out, before the advancing Japanese) and Europe. ([http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:cisANLWVfAwJ:storyofwar.com/about/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au Cached] URL)*[http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/sparkes/index.htm ''The Mumblings of Edward Sparkes''] [http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/sparkes/contents.htm Contents page] Flt Lt Edward D S N Sparkes was in the RAF and arrived in India in the latter part of 1943 in the chapter [http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/sparkes/bombay2.htm Ashore in Bombay]. He subsequently joined X Squadron Royal Indian Air Force and served in Burma until he was invalided back to England in 1945. ([http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:sMBxuG4VovAJ:www.users.zetnet.co.uk/sparkes/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au Cached] URL)
*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80023169 2003 interview with Jack Gabbutt,] British NCO photographer served with 681 and 81 Sqdns, RAF in India, Burma, Malaya and Java, 1944-1947 Imperial War Museums
*''Last stop Karachi 1946!'' by John ‘Dusty’ Miller [http://www.qissa-khwani.com/2012/09/last-stop-karachi-1946.html Part 1], [http://www.qissa-khwani.com/2012/09/last-stop-karachi-1946_16.html Part 2]. He was a driver in the RAF and was in India 1945-1947, his last posting in Karachi. www.qissa-khwani.com. ([http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:bFfGB5miChkJ:www.qissa-khwani.com/2012/09/last-stop-karachi-1946.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au Cached 1], [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:e0VR_3bXQ5wJ:www.qissa-khwani.com/2012/09/last-stop-karachi-1946_16.html+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au cached 2] URLs)*[http://www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk/duncancontents.htm ''Mutiny In The RAF- the Air Force Strikes of 1946''] by David Duncan. Originally published 1998. socialisthistorysociety.co.uk. The first chapter is titled "Mutiny in Karachi" . ([http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:DPbJsJjk2FUJ:www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk/duncancontents.htm+&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au Cached] URL)
*[http://www.152hyderabad.co.uk/index.htm 152(Hyderabad) F Squadron 1939-1967] Served in India from 19th December 1943 as part of Calcutta’s defence and later moved to the front. Disbanded at R.A.F. [[Risalpur]] in 1947
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/ww2images/tags/india/ ww2images photostream with "Tags –India"] flickr.com Mainly images of aircraft.
