The RAF involved in its first independent air action in Waziristan, India. Aircraft from Nos. 5, 27 and 60 Squadrons commanded by Wg Cdr RCM Pink, bomb and strafe mountain strongholds in a successful attempt to crush the rebellion by Mahsud tribesmen. On May 1, the rebel leaders seek an honourable peace, and the short campaign known as ‘Pink's War’ came to a close.