Arawali was an RAF airfield in the Kurram Valley on what was then the North-West Frontier of British India. The aircraft in the photo are Westland Wapitis. RAF bases in this part of the country were essentially forts, with high walls to protect airmen and ground crew from snipers and raids.

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