Royal Air Force strikes of 1946
The Royal Air Force strikes of 1946 was a series of demonstrations and strikes at several dozen Royal Air Force stations in the Indian subcontinent beginning on 22 January 1946.[1][2] As these incidents involved refusals to obey orders they technically constituted a form of mutiny.[1]
Protests
A series of demonstrations and strikes occurred at several dozen
For their part, the British Government argued that the amount of shipping available was insufficient to permit immediate repatriation of the large number of personnel. However, later declassified reports have shown that British troops were deliberately retained in India to control possible unrest from the
The initial protests in Karachi took the form of a collective refusal to prepare kit for inspection and going to the parade ground at the normal time but in casual khaki drill rather than the "best blue" uniforms required when on morning parade.[5]
The issues were ultimately resolved. Some of the airmen involved faced
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Mutiny?". Royal Air Force Museum.
- ^ BBC. People's war
- ^ a b Childs 2000, p. 22
- ^ Ben Gliniecki (27 April 2020). "World War II: from war to revolution". Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ Mutiny in the RAF: the air force strikes of 1946 - David Duncan
- ^ Field Marshal Viscount Wavell to Mr Attlee (via India Office), Telegram, L/PO/4/28: ff 66-7. Sent 24 February 1946, 4.50 pm at New Delhi, appears in The Transfer of Power in India, 1942-47, Volume 6, Page 1055 edited by Nicholas Mansergh, published by Foreign & Commonwealth Office (London, 1976).
- Childs, David (2000), Britain Since 1945: A Political History, Routledge, ISBN 0-415-24804-3.
Bibliography
- Mutiny in the RAF - the Air Force Strikes of 1946. David Duncan. 1999 ISBN 0-9523810-6-0.
- Review of Richard Woodman's A brief history of mutiny. Journal for Maritime research. August 2005.
- David van Vlymen. "RAF strike in India-1946". The John Carpenter Club. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
article by Bernard Shilling and published in the December 1986 issue of Aeroplane Monthly
. - John W. Cell, in Reviews of Books; Asia. White Mutiny: British Military Culture in India by Peter Stanley. The American Historical Review, Vol. 104, No. 3. (Jun., 1999), pp. 888–889.
- SECRET HISTORY: MUTINY IN THE RAF British Film Institute.
- White, Nigel (18 December 2006). "Gerry Rubin, Murder, Mutiny and the Military: British Court Martial Cases 1940–1966". Journal of Conflict and Security Law. 11 (3): 511–513. .