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The RAF units which operated the Westland Wapiti in India were Nos 5, 11, 20, 27, 28, 31 and 60 Squadrons.<ref>[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Aircraft/History/901-Wapiti.html A flight of Eagles : The Westland Wapiti in Indian Air Force Service] bharat-rakshak.com.</ref>
A squadron history is ''The flying elephants : a history of No. 27 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, 1915-69'' by Chaz Bowyer 1972 (British Library UIN: BLL01008362080).
==North West Frontier==
India’s North-West Frontier (now modern-day Pakistan) was divided into three areas for the RAF. The northern area comprised the region to the north of the Khyber Pass up to the foothills of the Himalayas – referred to as the ‘Roof of the World.’ The second or central area lay south west of the Khyber Pass roughly between the rivers Kabul and Kurram. This was universally mountainous, criss-crossed by deep valleys and dried up water courses. The third region was the southern area which lay to the south west of Kohat, from the Kurram River down towards
