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==External links==
*[http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170107073443/http://www.raf.mod.uk/links/contacts.cfm Royal Air Force: Contacts]This page is now archived, as at 07 January 2017, but has a section about obtaining Service, and other records.
*[http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk Royal Air Force Museum] London, NW9.
**[https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/default/library-collection.aspx Library collection] which contains a "substantial collection of periodicals produced by RAF stations and units, which provide a fascinating insight into service life" and Archives collection, including
**[http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/default/archive-collection/first-world-war-casualty-cards.aspx First World War Casualty cards] (which extend to 1928, and cover all theatres of operation). Some records, including Casualty Cards, are now available online for free at a companion website [http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/page/26565-home Royal Air Force Museum Story Vault]. The Search facility is accessed through the 'Archive' tab. Currently (August 2014) the Search results appear erratic, and it may be preferable to search on surname only.
:Records available from the RAF Museum which provide useful information include Casualty Forms (which are different records from the Casualty Cards) and also Medical Cards (Form 6495).<ref> quemerford. [httphttps://1914-1918.invisionzonewww.com/forums/indexgreatwarforum.php?org/topic/248960-raf-service-record-can-you-help-decipher/&?do=findComment&comment=2510144 RAF service record: can you help decipher?] ''Great War Forum'' 1 April 2017. Retrieved 26 May 201717 August 2019.</ref>
:'''Update 2018/03''': Online [https://www.casualtyforms.org Officer’s Casualty Forms]. Consists of records relating to the service of Royal Air Force Officers with the Expeditionary Force. Searchable. A companion website of the Royal Air Force Museum. Tips for searching,<ref>Ross_McNeill et al. [http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?22584-RFC-RAF-Casualty-Forms RFC/RAF Casualty Forms] ''Royal Air Force Commands Forum'' 29th January 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.</ref> including advice that some digital records actually have two digital images. The second digital image may be located by increasing the number in the record URL by 1, which is not currently (2018/03/22) otherwise stated. Also applies to records with more pages, keep increasing the number in the record URL by 1, until you come to a different record.
*[http://www.airhistory.org.uk/rfc/home.html Royal Flying Corps] airhistory.org.uk. Includes a People Index.
*[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]].
*First page only of [https://www.crossandcockade.com/uploads/IndianWings.pdf "Indian Wings: RFC & RAF in India 1915-1919"] by Mike O'Connor & Ray Vann ''Cross & Cockade International Journal'' Volume 48, Number 4 Winter 2017.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170626161214/http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/31squadron.cfm 31 Squadron RAF] raf.mod.uk, now an archived webpage. 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.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170914173321/https://www.raf.mod.uk/history/114squadron.cfm 114 Squadron RAF] raf.mod.uk, now an archived webpage. Formed at Lahore, India, in September 1917, from a nucleus provided by No. 31 Squadron
*[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201554.html "No. 5 Squadron: A History of the “Fighting Fifth”: Part 2"] by John Yoxall ''Flight Magazine'' 25 October 1957, pages 643-646. Details the Regiment in India from when it was reformed in Quetta February 1, 1920. It subsequently remained on the North West Frontier of India, and Burma during WW2. The history continues [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201657.html "Part 3"], 8 November 1957, page 745. The regiment remained in India until July 1947 when the aircraft were handed over to the India Air Force, and was officially disbanded August 1, 1947. flightglobal.com. (retrieved 18 April 2014)
*20 Squadron arrived in India May 1919.
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20161205174231/http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/20squadron.cfm 20 Squadron] raf.mod.uk, now an archived webpage.
**[http://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/research/squadrons/20/ No. 20 Squadron] Royal Air Force Museum
**[https://www.spink.com/lot-description.aspx?id=13003000017 Captain E.A.C. 'Babs' Britton] was with 20 Squadron when it moved to India, the bases including [[Risalpur]] and [[Parachinar]]. Duties involved bombing attacks against tribesmen, and answering emergency calls for troops and positions under attack. spink.com
**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00774v6 Extracts from BBC program 'Wings over Waziristan' - Group Captain Robert Lister interviewed]. If you are outside of the UK you can access the content on BBC iplayer via a VPN, some of which are free and can be downloaded.<ref> kopite. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/waziristan-in-1937.70244/#post-754384 Waziristan in 1937] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 28 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.</ref> TV program 5 April 2010. Includes 1935 cinefilm footage showing ‘tribal operations from the air’ and an interview with Group Captain Lister, 20 Squadron, recorded in 1980.<ref>[https://airminded.org/2010/04/20/wings-over-waziristan/comment-page-1/ Wings over Waziristan] airminded.org</ref>
**[http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/20_wwII.html No. 20 Squadron (RAF): Second World War] by J Rickard (28 May 2008). historyofwar.org
*[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20170812063013/https://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, now an archived webpage.
*[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.
*[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.airpowerstudies.co.uk/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/apr14no3.pdf "“Good God, Sir, Are You Hurt?” The Realities and Perils of Operating over India’s Troublesome North-West Frontier"] by Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Roe ''Air Power Review Volume 14 Number 3 Autumn/Winter 2011'' Centre for Air Power Studies, Royal Air Force, pages 61-82 (computer file pages 72-93)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140508060510/http://www.bcmh.org.uk/archive/conferences/2012AirGroundConingham.pdf "Air/Ground Cooperation between the RAF and the Indian Army in Waziristan 1936-1937"] by Simon Coningham, British Commission for Military History, Summer Conference 2012–Indian Armies, now archived.
*''Royal Air Force Historical Society Journal 48'' 2010. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rafmuseum.org.uk%2Fdocuments%2FResearch%2FRAF-Historical-Society-Journals/Journal_48_Seminar_the_ME_Mespot_Iraq_NW_Frontier_4_FTS.pdf html version], [http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/Research/RAF-Historical-Society-Journals/Journal_48_Seminar_the_ME_Mespot_Iraq_NW_Frontier_4_FTS.pdf pdf] rafmuseum.org.uk. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170228083017/http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/F1840A3A_5056_A318_A802860440CD93A9.pdf raf.mod.uk version], now archived. Includes
**"Substitution or Subordination? The Employment of Air Power over Afghanistan and The North-West Frontier, 1910-1939" by Clive Richards pages 63-87.
**"Only A Sideshow? The RFC And RAF In Mesopotamia 1914-1918" by Guy Warner pages 9-19 and "The RAF Armoured Car Companies In Iraq (Mostly) 1921-1947" by Dr Christopher Morris pages 20-38.
**[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://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1243&dat=19381130&id=eCpPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zh8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4898,1064455 "Carrier Pigeons in British Army"] ''The Bend Bulletin, Bend, Oregon'' - December 8, 1938, page 8 (Google coded Nov 30, 1938). The South Waziristan Scouts and an RAF flight from Miranshah, after a carrier pigeon message is received. Google Newspapers.
*[http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/rafhistoricalsocietyjournals.cfm ''Bracknell Paper No 6: A Symposium on the Far East War'' [WW2<nowiki>]</nowiki>] 24 March 1995. Royal Air Force Historical Society at raf.mod.uk. Scroll down for pdf download. [https://cms.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/F160EEBE_5056_A318_A80D03C599041DCD.pdf Direct download] Also available Available through the [http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/default/raf-historical-society-journals.aspx Royal Air Force Museum website] (scroll down)
*[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://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
