Waziristan revolt, 1936-1937: transport of the wounded by air. Photograph, 1937.

Date:
1937
Reference:
580551i
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A wounded man on a stretcher is carried out through the nose of an RAF aeroplane which has arrived at Chaklala Aerodrome, Rawalpindi, Punjab (then India), from the military operations in Waziristan, after a flight of one and a half hours. Sikh and British officials are shown

Publication/Creation

1937

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint ; image 8.7 x 24 cm

Lettering

Britain's little war. Striking picture from India. ... Subject described in English in carbon typescript label and in Spanish handwritten in ink

Reference

Wellcome Collection 580551i

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