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*Imperial War Museums guide, published 2006, see Historical books online, below. Note that due to date of publication online sources are not included.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160705183112/http://www.bl.uk:80/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/royalairforce/raf.html Royal Air Force in India] British Library Help for Researchers, now an archived webpage.
*British Library Guide [https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/subjects%20images/government%20publications/pdfs/service-list-army-navy.pdf?la=en "Service Lists for the Army, Navy and Air Force"]. This is a download, which you will probably need to locate in your downloads folder. [https://archive.org/details/servicelistsarmynavyairfguide Archive.org version]. For details of online Lists, see the following items.
*Online [http://archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Anlsairforcelists&sort=-publicdate Air Force Lists] from the collection of the [http://archive.org/details/nationallibraryofscotland National Library of Scotland on Archive.org]
:The Lists were initially published on a monthly basis. Currently available (at April 2012) are
*The Royal Air Force Museum, London, refer [[Royal Air Force#External links|External links]] below, holds some records including First World War Casualty Cards, which extend to 1928 and cover all theatres of operations. Casualty Cards records and Officers' Casualty Forms (the latter service records) have now been digitised, and are freely available.
*The website Royal Flying Corps, refer [[Royal Air Force#External links|External links]] below, includes a People Index, derived from a number of different sources.
* An article in [https://wwwarchive.da.mod.ukorg/details/casualties-honours-rfcmilw/publicationspage/categoryn1/133mode/2up ''RoyalFlying Corps Military Wing. Casualties and Honours during the war of 1914-Air-Force-Quarterly-July-1935 17'']. Compiled by Captain G. L. Campbell, RFA ... assisted by R. H. Blinkhorn 1917 Archive.org* An article in ''Royal Air Force Quarterly, July 1935''] recorded the name of every officer serving with the Royal Flying Corps in July 1914, just before the outbreak of war. Defence Academy (Previously, but seemingly no longer, available online). This series of Journals is available at the United Kingdom, located in Publications/WWIBritish Library from 1930 UIN: BLL01009228648 [http:/From our Archives/ Royal Flying Corpsexplore. dabl.moduk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01009228648 catalogue entry].uk
*The book ''A Contemptible Little Flying Corps : being a definitive and previously non-existent roll of those Warrant officers, N.C.O.'s and airmen who served in the Royal Flying Corps prior to the outbreak of the First World War'' by I. McInnes and J.V. Webb. 1991. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01010990717 and the National Archives Library [https://tna.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=49359 catalogue entry]. Also available in a reprint edition.<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/contemptible-little-flying-corps/ ''A Contemptible Little Flying Corps''] Naval & Military Press reprint edition]</ref> A listing with mini-biography of all the non-commissioned airmen, the men on the ground who kept the planes in the air and the guns firing, who enlisted in the RFC from 1912 to prior to the outbreak of war in August 1914. Includes those who later became pilots.
*Books by SD and DB Jarvis, originally published 1993, and available in reprint editions.
:[https://archive.org/details/kings-reg-raf-1943/page/n1/mode/2up 1943], [https://archive.org/details/kings-reg-raf-1943/page/n9/mode/2up Contents]; [https://archive.org/details/kings-reg-raf-1944/page/n1/mode/2up 1944], [https://archive.org/details/kings-reg-raf-1944/page/n9/mode/2up Contents] Archive.org.
*[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. [https://archive.org/details/pigeonservicemanual-raf/page/n3/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].*[https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/s6pvau/alma992070763607636 ''Trumpet calls. Royal Air Force. 1919''] State Library of Victoria. [https://archive.org/details/trumpetcalls-raf/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
*[https://archive.org/details/medicalproblemso00mediuoft/page/n7/mode/2up ''The medical problems of flying, including reports nos. 1-7 of the Air Medical Investigation Committee''] Report 53 of the Medical Research Council (Great Britain) HMSO 1920 Archive.org
*''Report on the Health of the Royal Air Force'' published by the Air Ministry
