Pink's War

Pink's War
	Part of the instability on the North-West Frontier
	; Map of the area of operations
Date	9 March 1925 – 1 May 1925 (53 days)
Location	South Waziristan
Result	British victory; (see Operations section)
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Mahsud tribesmen
Commanders and leaders
Edward Ellington; Richard Pink	Unknown
Units involved
No. 2 (Indian) Wing, RAF	Unknown
Strength
Three aircraft squadrons	Four tribes
Casualties and losses
Two killed; One aircraft lost	Unknown

Pink's War was an air-to-ground bombardment and strafing campaign carried out by the Royal Air Force, under the command of Wing Commander Richard Pink, against the mountain strongholds of Mahsud tribesmen in South Waziristan in March and April 1925. It was the first independent action by the RAF, and remains the only campaign named after an RAF officer.^[1]^[2]

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