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*[http://www.davidwalser.com/my-father/ My Father: John G Walser] He was in IndiaI 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. Scroll down for his account.
*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'']
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*[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.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.
