No. 47 Squadron RAF Army support role. The Squadron moved to RAF Disforth in September 1948, where it became the first RAF Squadron to receive the Handley Page Hastings four-engined transport. The conversion process was rushed as the aircraft were needed to support the Berlin Airlift, with the Squadron moving to Schleswigland, near Kiel in West Germany on 1 November 1948. The aircraft was mainly used to carry coal, carrying out 3,000 trips to Berlin and carrying 22,000 tons of supplies. When the blockade ended the Squadron returned to the United Kingdom, moving to RAF Topcliffe on 22 August 1949, operating in support of
Pakistan Coal Mines and Resources the extraction of coal.very few families are the owners of the coal mines, mainly the sardars of different tribes. The Petti tekkadars does not own the coal mines, rather they own the mines on commission from the Coalmines owners.They are many Petti tekaddars working in the Tehsil Dukki.The coal agents of the area play a vital role as they help in transporting and sending coals to other cities by becoming mediators.At least 3000 metric tons of Coal of different quality is transported to Punjab Province of Pakistan.The Coal is transported to the Punjab province and is mainly used in the