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164:, the force comprised No. 1 Group (India) at Peshawar with 5, 20, 27, and 60 Squadrons; 28 and 32 Squadrons reported directly to de la Ferte's headquarters; the AHQ Communications Flight was at Lahore; a Target Towing Flight at Trincomalee; the India Aircraft Depot at
509:: 176, 658 AOP, 355 at Digri, 159 at Salbani; 229 Group: 353 and 232 at Palam; and 10 and 76 with Dakotas at Poona) remained in India after 1 April 1946, and AHQ India was placed under joint command of the Indian Government and the Air Ministry.
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Friction on the North-West Frontier of India and its Impact on the Development and Application of Royal Air Force Doctrine
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1760:Air Marshal
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1726:Took office
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1631:Air Marshal
1595:(1891–1971)
1559:Air Marshal
1523:(1892–1984)
1451:(1891–1965)
1415:Air Marshal
1412:Garrod, Guy
1379:(1892–1970)
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1171:(1886–1973)
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1111:Left office
1108:Took office
1073:(1886–1973)
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1011:(1886–1973)
942:(1877–1965)
913:Air Marshal
880:(1878–1933)
851:Air Marshal
818:(1877–1967)
789:Air Marshal
756:(1876–1961)
739:Philip Game
701:(1879–1956)
653:Left office
650:Took office
615:(1879–1956)
570:Left office
567:Took office
488:Barrackpore
456:Lord Wavell
329:USAAF, and
197:Pandaveswar
2486:Categories
2337:References
2063:HyperWar,
544:Commanders
419:or nearby
319:224 Groups
285:USAAF and
221:Jamshedpur
119:in India.
2096:"Mutiny?"
1720:Portrait
1102:Portrait
644:Portrait
561:Portrait
359:173 Wings
337:and U.S.
113:air force
97:RAF India
18:GHQ India
2368:(2017),
2324:Archived
2135:27 April
1879:See also
1699:and the
516:and the
460:Viceroy
421:Karachi
417:Maripur
384:Postwar
341:); and
315:Nos 221
309:); the
246:became
213:Dum Dum
207:flying
191:flying
183:flying
107:of the
105:command
78:Command
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273:, and
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317:and
223:and
203:and
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