RAF India, later called Air Forces in India (1938–47) was a command of the Royal Air Force (RAF) that was active from 1918 until Indian independence and...
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Rapid Action Force (redirect from RAF (India))
The Rapid Action Force (RAF), is a specialized rapid reaction wing of the Central Reserve Police Force of India established to deal with riot and crowd...
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Commanding RAF, India 1938–1947: Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Air Forces in India Upon independence and the subsequent partition of the subcontinent, RAF India...
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inherited the rank of air chief marshal from the RAF. While the RAF air officers in command of RAF India were normally of a lower rank, Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt...
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Royal Indian Air Force (category 1931 establishments in India)
awarded the RAF’s new Distinguished Flying Cross. In the inter-war years, the idea of self-determination gained widespread support in British India. In keeping...
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the close of hostilities. Notably he served as Air Officer Commanding RAF India and Air Member for Personnel. He retired from the military in 1929, having...
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Squadron RAF was a photo-reconnaissance squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It was formed out of No. 3 PRU, at Dum Dum in India on...
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Royal Air Force strikes of 1946 (redirect from RAF India mutiny)
either Maripur or nearby Karachi (RAF Drigh Road) and later spread to involve nearly 50,000 men over 60 RAF stations in India, Ceylon, Burma and as far away...
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Hugh Walmsley (section RAF career)
War. He was the final commander of RAF India and the unified Royal Indian Air Force before its division upon India's independence and partition. Educated...
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List of Royal Air Force commands (redirect from List of RAF commands)
in purely RAF-context in 1936 when Bomber Command, Fighter Command, Coastal Command and Training Command were formed. Since that time the RAF has made...
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