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Burma attained independence in 1948. It is now known as Myanmar.
Air Marshal Garrod, acting Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, visits RAF squadrons at forward airstrips at Tabingaung and Onbauk, Burma.
Air ...
Scenes of operations from forward airstrips near Mandalay, Burma, and scenes of bomb damage to buildings and infrastructure ...
Indian Engineers of the Bengal Sappers and Miners are seen at work clearing Japanese aerial bombs used as ...
A low-altitude aerial survey of bomb damage in and around Maymyo (now Pyin U Lwin), Burma.
Low altitude (c.100-ft) ...
Artillery and air strikes are used to assist an attack by 17th Indian Division on Japanese held positions ...
Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, Allied Air Commander-in-Chief of South East Asia Command and Air Commodore the ...
Scenes of Burmese civilians receiving medical treatment and air evacuation of British casualties from Mohnyin in northern Burma.
At ...
Burma, 30 January 1942. American Volunteer Group (AVG), Two Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk fighter aircraft warming up for take-off on a ...
Aircraft dropping supplies by parachute and evacuating wounded in support of 7th Indian Division, Fourteenth Army.
Men of Air ...
Scenes of RAF Liberator heavy bomber operations over Burma.
RAF Consolidated Liberator heavy bombers of RAF 159 Squadron at ...
Gurkha paratroopers seen gearing up and boarding their aircraft before parachuting into action near Rangoon, Burma, as part ...
Documentary scenes showing the process of airfield construction in forward areas.
Various stages in the construction of an airfield, ...