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*[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/index.html Flightgobal Archive], the original pages of ''Flight Magazine'' from 1909-2005 which are fully searchable. Contains pages relating to “Service Aviation”. (retrieved 18 April 2014)
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: Data from most of the editions (probably all) from the NLS are also available to search on findmypast in a database "Royal Air Force Lists 1919-1945",<ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/royal-air-force-lists-1919-1945 Royal Air Force Lists 1919-1945] findmypast</ref> located in Armed Forces & Conflict/Regimental & Service Records. However, the editions may only be browsed with difficulty, but appear to be classified similarly to the NLS database.
*TheGenealogist, pay website, in its Diamond subscription,<refname=DIA>[https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/coverage/military-records/?type=diamond#includes TheGenealogist] Diamond Subscription.</ref> currently (2018/03) includes some monthly Air Force Lists, some of which are also held by the NLS, but additionally
**1918, April. Also available in the Gold subscription, and elsewhere as a CD or pay download.<ref>[https://genealogysupplies.com/product/Military-and-Naval-Records/Air-Force-List-1918-April/ Air Force List 1918 - April] genealogysupplies.com</ref>
**1933, October. Also available in the Gold subscription, and elsewhere as a CD or pay download.<ref>[https://genealogysupplies.com/product/Military-and-Naval-Records/Air-Force-List-1933-October/ Air Force List 1933 - October] genealogysupplies.com</ref>.
**Royal Air Force Muster Roll 1918 (sub category: First World War). This database is also on Ancestry (category Military, released 2016/10).
**Airmen Died In The Great War, 1914-1919 (sub category: First World War). Transcripts. The source is data from a Naval & Military Press DVD "reprint"<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/airmen-died-in-the-great-war-1914-1918-the-roll-of-honour-of-the-british-and-commonwealth-air-services-complete-on-one-fully-searchable-dvd-rom/ ''Airmen died in the Great War, 1914-1918 : the roll of honour of the British and Commonwealth air services of the First World War''] by Chris Hobson. Naval & Military Press DVD.</ref> of the book ''Airmen died in the Great War, 1914-1918 : the roll of honour of the British and Commonwealth air services of the First World War'' by Chris Hobson, published in 1995. This database is also available on fold3, the Ancestry owned pay website. Also includes Royal Naval Air Service records.
**Royal Air Force, Operations Record Books 1939-1945 (sub category: Second World War), added c 2020/05/29. These are '''index''' records from The National Archives at Kew, for records from the AIR 27 series. Some records classed as No 1 Squadron RIAF (Royal Indian Air Force) and No 10 Squadron RIAF (Royal Indian Air Force) were noted. Also dates before and after the range quoted.**British Royal Air Force, Combat Reports 1939-1945 (sub category: Second World War), added c 2020/05/29. These are '''index''' records from The National Archives at Kew, for records from the AIR 50 series.
*Held on the pay website Ancestry, with images on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, a database "UK, WWI Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923", which includes Royal Air Force personnel. For more details about these records, see the page [[British Army#WFA WW1 pension record cards|British Army - WFA WW1 pension record cards]].
*TheGenealogist, pay website, released 6 February 2020, as part of Military Records, which are part of its Diamond subscription,<ref name=DIA/> the '''first batch''' of a database "Air Force Operations" with featured article [https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2020/raf-operations-books-build-a-picture-of-wwii-aircrew-ancestors-action-1231/ RAF Operations books build a picture of WWII aircrew ancestors' action]. These are records from The National Archives series [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/r/C2082 AIR 27 Air Ministry and successors: Operations Record Books, Squadrons], which date mainly from the mid 1930s onwards, but further details of TheGenealogist coverage is not given. Note AIR 27/1-2893 have been digitised by TNA, and may be downloaded for a fee from TNA website.
*RAF Records Office for personnel enquiries can be contacted at:
**[http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/rafpesh.htm Royal Air Force 1922 - 27: Memorial in St. John's Church, Peshawar]
**[http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/rafmemsx.htm Royal Air Force Quetta Earthquake Memorial]
*Books by SD and DB Jarvis, originally published 1993, and available in reprint editions.
:''The Cross Of Sacrifice. Vol. 2: Officers Who Died in the Service of the Royal Navy, RNR, RNVR, RM, RNAS and RAF, 1914-1919''. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01008822978 (Reprint edition.<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/cross-of-sacrifice-vol-2-officers-who-died-in-the-service-of-the-royal-navy-rnr-rnvr-rm-rnas-and-raf-1914-1919/ ''Cross Of Sacrifice. Vol. 2: Officers Who Died in the Service of the Royal Navy, RNR, RNVR, RM, RNAS and RAF, 1914-1919''] Naval & Military Press</ref>)
: ''The Cross Of Sacrifice Vol 4: Non-commissioned Officers and Men of the Royal Navy, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force 1914-1921. Including the Commonwealth Navies and Air Forces''. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=x1K-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 Sample pages], Google Books. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01006747946 . (Reprint edition.<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/cross-of-sacrifice-vol-4-non-commissioned-officers-and-men-of-the-royal-navy-royal-flying-corps-and-royal-air-force-1914-1919/ ''Cross Of Sacrifice Vol. 4: Non-commissioned Officers and Men of the Royal Navy, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force 1914-1919''] (as catalogued) Book cover states 1921. Naval & Military Press</ref>)
:Additionally there is a 14 page addendum to Volume 4 which is not available separately in ''The Cross Of Sacrifice Vol. 5: The Officers, men and women of the Merchant Navy and Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary 1914–1919''. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2X2-BAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover Sample pages], Google Books. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01007836149 . (Reprint edition.<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/cross-of-sacrifice-vol-5-the-officers-men-and-women-of-the-merchant-navy-and-mercantile-fleet-auxiliary-1914-1919/ ''Cross Of Sacrifice Vol. 5: The Officers, men and women of the Merchant Navy and Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary 1914–1919''] Naval & Military Press</ref>)
:The three books are available at The National Archives Library [https://tna.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=2271&shelfbrowse_itemnumber=3023 catalogue entry].
:Officers who died in Service of the Royal Flying Corps are identified in Volume 1, (Sample pages [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=6IK-BAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover ''The Cross of Sacrifice: Officers Who Died in the Service of British, Indian and East African Regiments and Corps, 1914-1919''] Google Books) or Volume 3 ''The Cross of Sacrifice: Officers Who Died in the Service of Commonwealth and Colonial Regiments and Corps'', and these volumes are also available at the British Library and in reprint editions.
*A book of reference is ''Royal Air Force Flying Training and Support Units since 1912'' by Ray Sturtivant with John Hamlin 2007. This is a revised expanded edition of ''Royal Air Force Flying Training and Support Units'' by Ray Sturtivant, John Hamlin and James J. Halley 1997, both published by the aviation society Air-Britain, and both available at the British Library UIN: BLL01013944781 (2007) and UIN: BLL01012371366 (1997) (More details.<ref>Carnaby. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200329113032/https://www.airfieldresearchgroup.org.uk/forum/research-media/3320-raf-flying-training-support-units-ray-sturtivant-john-hamlin-james-j-halley Royal Air Force Flying Training and Support Units (Since 1912) by Ray Sturtivant, John Hamlin and James J Halley] ''Airfields Research Group Forum'' 09 December 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2020.</ref>)
==Also see==
**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.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
*5 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, article commences page 642, Indian history pages 643-646, now archived, however only pages 642-643 appear to be accessible in the archived version. 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 pages 745-746, 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, for the limited archived pages available. ''Flight'' magazine is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01012093219 1909-1961.**[https://web.archive.org/web/20170202191430/http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/5squadron.cfm 5 Squadron] raf.mod.uk, now an archived webpage.**[http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/5_wwII.html No. 5 Squadron (retrieved 18 April 2014RAF): Second World War] historyofwar.org
*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.
=== Individuals===
*[https://www.cwgc.org/history-and-archives/cwgc-archive/efiles/welinkar Lieutenant Shri Krishna Chanda Welinkar] Indian, pilot 23 Squadron RAF died in action in France 27 June 1918 buried Hangard Communal Cemetery Extension, after originally being buried as a German officer. cwgc.org
*[http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/archivaldocs/prg/PRG266_7_1-150_Gilbert_letters_transcript.pdf Letters written by Thomas Gilbert] to his parents and other family members, chiefly from India. State Library of South Australia. [http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au:80/record=b2187028~S1 Catalogue link].
:Page 49 30.12.16 Notified he is to be posted to Egypt for training in flying; Page 53 28.1.17 He commences training at Aboukir, Abbasia, Heliopolis; Page 67 23.6.17 Advised he is to be posted to England; Page 75 9 Sept 1917. He receives notice he will be posted to India; Page 82 27.11.17 114th Squadron. R.F.C. [[Lahore]]; Page 92 18.3.18 Transferred to [[Sibi]], Baluchistan The war against the Marris; Page 96 23.4.18 Harnai; Page 97, 6.5.18; The squadron prepare to leave for [[Quetta]]; Page 112 10.11.18 The squadron moves to Lahore.
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/BritishARMYMEMORANDUMOnNAVALANDMILITARYAVIATION1912/mode/2up [British<nowiki>]</nowiki> ''Army. Memorandum On Naval And Military Aviation''] Presented to both Houses of Parliament HMSO 1912 Archive.org.
*For First World War online books, also see [[First World War#In the Air|First World War - In the Air]], and the various Fronts mention at the top of [[First World War#Historical books online 2|First World War - Historical books online]].
*[https://archive.org/details/Flight_International_Magazine?sort=titleSorter ''Flight International Magazine''] Collection at Archive.org, which is Searchable as a Collection. ''Flight International'' (or ''Flight'') is a global aerospace weekly publication produced in the UK. Founded in 1909 as "A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport". It is the world's oldest continuously published aviation news magazine. Contains pages relating to “Service Aviation”. Online volumes from 1909 to 1935. Missing January-June 1933.
:An Archive of online volumes to 2005 was previously available on the [https://www.flightglobal.com/flight-international/flight-magazine-archive FlightGlobal] website until the introduction of a new website format c 11 December 2019. It is stated that it will return, but is not available currently (26 March 2020). This journal is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01012093219 1909-1961 and UIN: BLL01009542778 from 1962, and also at the Royal Air Force Museum.
*[https://archive.org/stream/warinairbeingsto06rale#page/268/mode/2up "War Operations In India"] page 268, ''War in the Air: being the story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force, Volume VI'' by H A Jones 1937 Archive.org. Part of the series ''History of the Great War based on Official Documents''
*[https://archive.org/stream/australianflying00cutluoft#page/2/mode/2up Page 3] ''The Australian Flying Corps in the Western and Eastern Theatres of War, 1914-1918'' by F M Cutlack 1933 (first published 1923) ''The Official History of Australia in the War: Volume VIII'' Archive.org. The two Indian Army airmen, and mechanics from India, sent to Mesopotamia, and their poor aircraft.
*''History of No.30 Squadron RAF. Egypt and Mesopotamia 1914 to 1919'' [catalogued] by Major J.Everidge, R.A.F. is available as a reprint<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/history-of-no-30-squadron-raf-egypt-and-mesopotamia-1914-to-1919/ ''History of No.30 Squadron RAF. Egypt and Mesopotamia 1914 to 1919''] Naval & Military Press.</ref> of an original Air Ministry Historical Branch typed document, probably first published as a reprint c 2004, which in turn is available as an online book on the [https://www.fold3.com/browse/310/hTGb85NZ8RjXJU2phiOmLuyYn Ancestry owned pay website fold3.com] located in International/Military Books/Egypt.
*[https://archive.org/details/PermanentOrganizationOfTheRoyalAirForce1919/mode/2up ''Permanent Organization of the Royal Air Force . Note by the Secretary of State for Air on a Scheme Outlined by the Chief of the Air Staff'' [H M Trenchard<nowiki>]</nowiki>] Presented to Parliament. HMSO 1919 Archive.org
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100022541314.0x000002 ''Pigeon Service Manual (Royal Air Force)''] Air Ministry publication HMSO 1919. British Library Digital Collection.
*[http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/MAIN:Everything:SLV_VOYAGER207076 ''Trumpet calls. Royal Air Force. 1919''] State Library of Victoria.
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34655/supplement/5667 "Report on Operations in Waziristan, 16th December, 1937 to the 31st December, 1938"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 18 August 1939
* ''Per Ardua The Rise Of British Air Power 1911-1939'' by Hilary Aidan St. George Saunders 1944. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.503328 Archive.org mirror version], originally from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/royalairforceenc0000phil ''The Royal Air Force : an encyclopedia of the inter-war years. Volume I The Trenchard Years 1918-1929''] by Wing Commander Ian M Philpott 2005. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.
*[http://www.kurdipedia.org/?lng=8&q=20160312094902130597 ''The RAF Small Wars and Insurgencies in the Middle East 1919- 1939''] by Air Historical Branch, Dr Sebastian Ritchie 2011. Download from Kurdipedia.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/fringeofclouds0036livi/page/n5 ''Fringe of the Clouds''] by Air Marshal Sir Philip Livingston 1962 Archive.org Lending Library. Includes [https://archive.org/details/fringeofclouds0036livi/page/96 "Chapter 5 India with the Royal Air Force 1920-1922"] page 97. The author was a medical officer with the RAF, based at [[Ambala]].
