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*[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.rafmuseum.org.uk Royal Air Force Museum] London . The website includes a ‘Research' category, which includes details of a Library collection, which contains a "substantial collection of periodicals produced by RAF stations and units, which provide a fascinating insight into service life" and Archives collection, including First World War Casualty cards (which extend to 1928, and cover all theatres of operation).*[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)

*[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

*Photographs from the collection of Air Vice-Marshal Gerard Combe, at Dardoni on the North West Frontier c 1923 . Imperial War Museum, [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205084911 1], [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205084913 2], [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205084935 3], [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205084938 4], [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205084939 5], [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205084942 6]

*[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.

*[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201554.html No. 5 Squadron: Part 2] ''Flight Magazine'' 25 October 1957, pages 643-646. 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 [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%201657.html Part 3], 8 November 1957, page 745. 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. (retrieved 18 April 2014)

*[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.

*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80008691 1975 Interview with John William Easton], British NCO who served with 1 Wing, RAF at Miranshah Fort, 1928-1930 including contact with T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia). Imperial War Museums

*[http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205090524 Photograph: Pack mule at Miranshah Fort, laden with a wireless transmitter set from 20 Squadron RAF (interwar period)] Imperial War Museums

*[http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/The-Bombing-of-Waziristan.html The Bombing of Waziristan (c 1924-1939)] by Graham Chandler ''Air & Space magazine'', July 2011

**[http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/ggphotos/military/miranshah1.htm Miranshah Fort, NWF 1939] "Because the fort was subject to continual intermittent sniper fire the aircraft were started up inside the fort and at the last minute the gates were opened and the aircraft took off. Upon return the aircraft had to land outside and quickly taxi up to the gates which were opened just in time for them to enter and then closed again to keep out any natives with bad intentions..."

**[http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/ggphotos/military/convoy2.htm Convoy Miranshah-Bannu road NWF] "It was at this gorge that the convoy of 450 personnel were held up for 4 days by deadly accurate sniper fire coming from a cave high up on the cliff face. Finally the C.O. flying dangerously close to the cliff face was able to lob a bomb into the cave and kill the sniper..."

*[http://www.rafcaa.org.uk/e29Memoirs.html Memoirs: Malcolm Macdougall]. He was posted in January 1938 to 20 A.C. Squadron, Northwest Frontier, where he spent two years at [[Peshawar]] and one year at [[Kohat]], with occasional detachments to Miramshah (Miranshah?). In 1941 he was posted to 27 Squadron [[Risalpur]] which later went to Singapore and Malaysia, then Ceylon. Website of [http://www.rafcaa.org.uk/index.html#entry RAF Cranwell Apprentices Association], [http://www.rafcaa.org.uk/e29.html 29th Entry].

*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80000869 1977 interview with Wilfred Randall Page] British aircraftman and photographer served with RAF in GB 1933-1935; served with Photographic Section, 28 Sqdn, RAF at Ambala and in Waziristan, India, 1935-1939 Imperial War Museums

*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80030649 2008 interview with Gawain Thomas Alexander 'Gavin’ Douglas] , born 1914. British officer served in India, with British and Indian Army, 1935-1940; trained as pilot with RAF in India, 1941-1942; served as flying instructor with RAF in India, 1943-1944, served with 28 and 60 Sqdns, RAF in Burma, 1/1945-5/1945; commanded 34 Sqdn in Burma, 5/1945-10/1945; commanded 28 Sqdn, RAF in Burma and Malaya, 1945- 1946; commanded 152 Sqdn, RAF on North West Frontier of India, 1946-1947 Imperial War Museums.

*[http://storyofwar.com/about A Story of War] Colin Diarmid Campbell Dunford Wood, kept war diaries continuously from early 1939. Initially with the 1st Battalion [[17th Regiment of Foot| Leicestershire Regiment]] in [[North West Frontier Campaigns|Waziristan]], he later joined the Royal Air Force, flying in Iraq, India and Burma (where he flew the last Hurricane out, before the advancing Japanese) and Europe.

*[http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/sparkes/index.htm ''The Mumblings of Edward Sparkes''] [http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/sparkes/contents.htm Contents page] Flt Lt Edward D S N Sparkes was in the RAF and arrived in India in the latter part of 1943 in the chapter [http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/sparkes/bombay2.htm Ashore in Bombay]. He subsequently joined X Squadron Royal Indian Air Force and served in Burma until he was invalided back to England in 1945.

*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80023169 2003 interview with Jack Gabbutt,] British NCO photographer served with 681 and 81 Sqdns, RAF in India, Burma, Malaya and Java, 1944-1947 Imperial War Museums

*''Last stop Karachi 1946!'' by John ‘Dusty’ Miller [http://www.qissa-khwani.com/2012/09/last-stop-karachi-1946.html Part 1], [http://www.qissa-khwani.com/2012/09/last-stop-karachi-1946_16.html Part 2]. He was a driver in the RAF and was in India 1945-1947, his last posting in Karachi. www.qissa-khwani.com.

*[http://www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk/duncancontents.htm ''Mutiny In The RAF- the Air Force Strikes of 1946''] by David Duncan. Originally published 1998. socialisthistorysociety.co.uk. The first chapter is titled "Mutiny in Karachi" .

*[http://www.152hyderabad.co.uk/index.htm 152(Hyderabad) F Squadron 1939-1967] Served in India from 19th December 1943 as part of Calcutta’s defence and later moved to the front. Disbanded at R.A.F. [[Risalpur]] in 1947

** Includes a link to pdf downloads of a report by Matthew J. Poole on the 26 July 1945 aerial collision between two RAF Liberators. (Version 6, 27 November 2008).

:This collision is the subject of this [https://web.archive.org/web/20111204044912/http://zeenews.india.com/news/zee-exclusive/1945-an-untold-story-of-war-and-love_722032.html article] by DN Singh July 25, 2011, which appears to use details from the report by Matthew J Poole. The article briefly mentions the Air Fighting Training Unit - 228 Group and the Tactical & Weapons Development Unit based at Amarda Road, Orissa and the names of surrounding airfields- Dalbhumgarh, Dudhkundi, Salua, Digri, Salbani and Chakulia

=== Individuals===

*Charles Frederick Langley (born 1889). He was in India 1920-23 with the Royal Air Force. His final posting was the RAF base at [[Risalpur]], the new home for 27 Squadron. He was in charge of the base’s three pigeon lofts containing several hundred birds and one of his jobs was to teach the pilots how to handle and release the homing pigeons from the aircraft.<ref>

[http://www.maxwall.co.uk/army/info.htm Charles F Langley D C M] and [http://www.maxwall.co.uk/army/gallery.htm Photographs] (retrieved 18 April 2014)</ref>

* John G Walser MC was in India from 1922 to the end of 1925 with the Royal Air Force, including a posting to No. 31 Squadron which was stationed at Dardoni, in Waziristan. He wrote letters to his family detailing his experiences<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131115235904/http://www.davidwalser.com/my-father/ My Father: John G Walser] Scroll down for his account of this period. Family website, now archived, (retrieved on 18 April 2014)</ref>