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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 1. Mars 1925 / Time Line March 1, 1925
Version 3.503/01/1925
Militært oprør i Indien starter: Outrages by Mahsud
tribesmen in Waziristan, India, see the RAF involved in its first
independent air action. Aircraft from Nos. 5, 27 and 60 Squadrons,
commanded by Wing Commander RCM Pink, bomb and strafe mountain
strongholds in a successful attempt to crush the rebellion. On 1
May, the rebel leaders seek an honourable peace, and the short
campaign known as "Pink's War" came to a close. A campaign in 1919
had proved inconclusive after causing 1,329 casualties; this latest
action results in the loss of just 2 men.
Kilde: Kilde: RAF History Timeline 1918 to
1929.
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