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WW2Talk Forum thread [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/18810-obtaining-raf-service-records-the-rules/ Obtaining RAF service records - The Rules....] Check the date of the posts, as rules can change over time.
*[http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=40189&postcount=10 RAF on the NW Frontier Circa 1920's] part of a [http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6355 thread] from britishbadgeforum.com
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:*1945 January, April, July.
*[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/military/raf/indexes Royal Air Force Muster Roll 1918] held on subscription website findmypast.com
See the web page [https://www.gov.uk/requests-for-personal-data-and-service-records Requests for personal data and Service records] (gov.uk) for forms to download. [http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/service_records.html Veterans:UK]
Also refer to the [[British Army #Army personnel serving after January 1921|equivalent section]] on the Fibiwiki page British Army for some hints which possibly also apply to Royal Air Force records such as requesting FULL records.
==External links==
*[http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast]
*[http://www.raf.mod.uk/links/contacts.cfm Royal Air Force: Contacts]
*[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.raf.mod.uk/organisation/31squadron.cfm 31 Squadron RAF] raf.mod.uk. 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.
*Naval and Military Press publication [http://www.naval-military-press.com/history-of-no.31-squadron-royal-flying-corps-and-royal-air-force-in-the-east-from-its-formation-in-1915-to-1950..html ''History Of No.31 Squadron Royal Flying Corps And Royal Air Force in the East from its formation in 1915 to 1950'']
*[http://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
*[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.
