The tasks assigned to the Air Force entailed very long flights and patrols were often carried out uncer very trying flying conditions.
In the 11, u—hours of ope flying, representing a distant a million innes, there only negligible number of forced landings n high tribute to maintenance work.
The despatch records that these operations marked we first occasion on which the flight of the newly-formed Indian Air Force employed on active service.
Casualties to the Army Air Force and Scouts personnel during the period covered by the despatch were 183 killed and 449 wounded, while tribal casualities are put at about 700 killed and over 350 seriously wounded—Wireless through Reuter
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