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===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.
*[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://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548436/page/n1/mode/2up ''Army Department Royal Air Force Instructions India: Jan-December 1920 with Index'']. Poor quality scanned text. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108695/page/n1/mode/2up ''Royal Air Force Aerodromes And Landing Grounds In India''] catalogued 1925. Archive.org. Only pages to digital page 58 are this title. Poor quality scanned text. There is an unrelated book from digital page 59.
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33104/supplement/7595 "An account of the recent operations by the Royal Air Force against certain recalcitrant sections of the Mahsuds in March, April and May, 1925"]. ''London Gazette Supplement'' 20 November 1925.
*[http://archive.org/stream/indiain19301931032269mbp#page/n65/mode/2up The RAF in India in 1930-31] page 30 ''India in 1930-31'' archive.org
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34520/supplement/3819 "Report on Operations in Waziristan, 16th September 1937 to 15th December 1937 (Final Phase)"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 14 June 1938
*[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
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284460/page/n1/mode/2up ''The Royal Air Force: Its Organisation, Duties and Prospects as a Profession or Trade''] by T Stanhope Sprigg 1935 Archive.org
* ''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]].
*[https://archive.org/details/aircraftofroyala00thet ''Aircraft of the Royal Air Force since 1918''] by Owen Thetford 1968, "Completely revised and up to date". [https://archive.org/details/aircraftofroyala0000thet/page/6 2nd file] Both Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.*[https://archive.org/details/Tm30-410/mode/2up ''TM 30-410 Handbook on the British Army with Supplements on the Royal Air Force and Civilian Defense Organizations 1942''] by United States War Department. Publication date 1942-09-30. Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/warinairroyalair00lyal/page/6 ''The War in the Air: the Royal Air Force in World War II''] edited by Gavin Lyall 1969. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. An anthology, not a history. Catalogue notes state “Published in 1968 under title: ''The War in the Air 1939-1945: an anthology of personal experience''”*[https://archive.org/details/timeforcourage00terr/page/n7 ''A Time for Courage : the Royal Air Force in the European War, 1939-1945''] by John Terraine 1985. Later published as [https://archive.org/details/rightoflineroyal0000terr/page/n3 ''The Right of the Line : the Royal Air Force in the European War, 1939-1945''] by John Terraine 1988. Both Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.*[https://archive.org/details/royalairforceill0000armi/mode/2up ''The Royal Air Force : an illustrated history''] by Michael Armitage 1998. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/royalairobservationcorps19351955book/page/n1/mode/2up ''Royal Air Observation Post. Auster Era 1936-1956. Evolution and Campaigns''] by Major Aamir Mushtaq Cheema 2012. Archive.org. AOP Air Observation Post, a light unarmed aircraft flown exclusively by Royal Artillery Officers. Air OP Squadron, a Royal Air Force Unit consisting of Squadron Headquarters and three Flights A, B and C attached to the Royal Artillery of a Corps. Includes a chapter on WW2 Burma.
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