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**Some photographs of the RAF in Mesopotamia in the early 1920s may be found in [https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/sets/72157629974581728 The Edwin Newman Collection] from SDASM Archives San Diego Air & Space Museum on flickr.com. Also contains photos from Egypt, Palestine etc, and later periods. Includes [https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/7304659134/in/album-72157629974581728 Armoured Car] which elsewhere<ref> [https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/pre-ww2-british-rolls-royce-armoured-531971633 Pre WW2 British No.1 Rolls Royce Armoured Car Company RAF Iraq 1920 Photo] Worthpoint</ref> is described as Iraq 1920: Number 1 Armoured Car Company RAF, No.4 Section, No.33, His Majesty's Armoured Car (HMAC) "TIGRIS". Also [https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/7304646530/in/album-72157629974581728/ Ready for action [Many armoured cars<nowiki>]</nowiki>] and [https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/7304645982/in/album-72157629974581728/ HMAC Victory, RAF 11].
*[http://www.rafweb.org/Menu.htm Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation]. The Site Map & Main Menu includes details, including units based there, of various RAF Stations worldwide, listed alphabetically. Not all RAF Stations in India are included, but of those available for India, the following is a selection: [http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-A.htm#Agra Agra] [http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-A.htm#Ambala Ambala] [http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-A.htm#Asansol Asanol] [http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-B.htm#Baigachi Baigachi] [http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-B.htm#Bhopal Bhopal] [http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-C.htm#Chaklala Chaklala, Rawalpindi] [http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-D.htm#Delhi Delhi] [http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-D.htm#Dum%20Dum Dum Dum, Calcutta] [http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-K.htm#Kohat Kohat] [http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-K.htm#Kolar Kolar] [http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-K.htm#Karachi Karachi (including Drigh Road)] [http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-L.htm#Lahore Lahore] [http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-M.htm#Mauripur Mauripur, in the vicinity of Karachi] [http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-P.htm#Peshawar Peshawar] [http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-P.htm#Poona Poona] [http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-R.htm#Ranchi Ranchi] [http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-R.htm#Risalpur Risalpur] [http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-S.htm#St%20Thomas%20Mount St Thomas Mount] [http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-S.htm#Secunderabad Secunderabad] [http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-T.htm#Trichinopoly Trichinopoly] [http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-V.htm#Vizagapatam Vizagapatam] (retrieved 27 June 2014)
*[http://www.flightglobal.com Flightgobal] previously contained an Archive, the original pages of ''Flight Magazine'' from 1909-2005 which were fully searchable. Contained pages relating to “Service Aviation”. Not available 2020/02, but [https://www.flightglobal.com/flight-international/flight-magazine-archive may return in the future], although it has now been unavailable for an extended period.:This journal is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01012093219 1909-1961 and UIN: BLL01009542778 from 1962.
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/90553739@N06 reddin68's photostream on flickr.com] taken by a member of the 31 Squadron in the NWFP during and after WW1
*[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
*[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
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305155432/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, now archived. 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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305155949/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201657.html "Part 3"], 8 November 1957, page 745, now archived. 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.:Note: If the text in the archived links does not appear, use the arrow icons towards the top of the archived page to click backwards and forward, and the text should then be visible. Unfortunately, not all pages appear to be available. ''Flight'' magazine is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01012093219 1909-1961.
*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.
