Drigh Road
India
About
Drigh Road was the Karachi-area RAF airfield that became PAF Base Faisal. During the war it was important for training, staging and transport through western India.
Photographs
Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. Airmen fitting the fuselage of an Avro Anson Mark I to its wings at No. 1 (India) Maintenance Unit, Drigh Road, India.
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Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_Operations_in_the_Far_East,_1941-1945._CI338.jpgView source & full licence →Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. Vultee Vengeance fuselages, newly arrived from the United States, under inspection at No. 1 (India) Maintenance Unit, Drigh Road, India.
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Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_Operations_in_the_Far_East,_1941-1945._CI336.jpgView source & full licence →Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. Completed Vultee Vengeance Mark Is await the fitting of airscrews after assembly at No. 1 (India) Maintenance Unit, Drigh Road, India. The nearest aircraft, AN796, eventually served with No. 110 Squadron RAF.
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Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_Operations_in_the_Far_East,_1941-1945._CI334.jpgView source & full licence →Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. Hawker Hurricanes, Vultee Vengeances and North American Harvards lined up for flight testing after assembly at No. 1 (India) Maintenance Unit, Drigh Road, India.