Author Topic: Any informations about British planes in India? (Read 1790 times)

Manni · « **on:** February 28, 2017, 11:00:11 PM »

Hello my friends,
I have a little idea spooking around in my brain for a while.
I would like to do a dio situated in India during WWI.
Does anyone have some informations about which aircrafts were in India?
Maybe Camels, Bristol fighters, Dh9a or Hissos?
Thank you in advance.
Manni

cmcleopard · « **Reply #1 on:** March 01, 2017, 12:00:41 AM »

Manni

Hope this might help you I found this on another site.

Can't say how accurate it is.

Two RFC/RAF squadrons were based in India during the Great War: Nos 31 and 114 Sqns.

No 31 Sqn at Risalpur, Bannu, Tank, Khanpur, Dera Ismail Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan and Lahore.

No 114 Sqn at Lahore, Quetta and Jubbulpore, with a detached flight at Aden.

Both were equipped with Henry Farman and BE 2c/2e aircraft.

Tonyb

Manni · « **Reply #2 on:** March 01, 2017, 02:58:40 PM »

Thank you, Tony.
I will see, what I can do with this squadrons. Maybe I will do something seculative.
Manni

Old Man · « **Reply #3 on:** May 08, 2017, 02:55:22 AM »

If you want a diorama, Sir, of early RAF in India, it would be hard o beat this...

http://www.crossandcockade.com/uploads/Khyber.pdf

Manni · « **Reply #4 on:** May 08, 2017, 03:22:18 PM »

Yes, thank you, that is exactly, what I was thinking about.

Great!
Manni

Old Man · « **Reply #5 on:** June 06, 2017, 10:39:23 PM »

This is beginning to interest me strangely....

http://www.cmkkits.com/en/figures/129-f72327/

I have an Airfix B.E. 2c kit, and a decent history of 31 Sqdn....

Manni · « **Reply #6 on:** June 07, 2017, 03:16:06 PM »

Yes, something like that is the idea.
May be a plane ran over the airstrip, got stuck in a rice field and has to be pulled out by an elephant.
So many ideas.....

Manni

53ryder · « **Reply #7 on:** June 11, 2017, 07:35:24 AM »

How about an elephant being used as a plane tug? An elephant pulling a BE2 like Manni said? Cool idea!

Glenn