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** The Royal Air Forces " Z Unit " – the first self-contained air unit dedicated to " aerial policing ," the use of independent air power to suppress colonial rebellions – begins operations in British Somaliland against the Dervish State of Mohammed Abdullah Hassan ( the " Mad Mullah ") using 10 Airco DH. 9s.
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