Footage of RAF Hawker Hurricane pilots preparing for an attack on Japanese positions on the Imphal front, India.

Aerial view of airfield with Hurricane taking off. Air-to-air and air-to-ground footage. Pilots being briefed before heading for their aircraft. One British pilot wearing a kukri fastens on a money belt while another straps in and is handed his helmet. Hurricanes taxiing past each other. Pilots studying photographs. Hurricanes in flight. Series of aircraft making low passes near the camera before hauling off and climbing steeply. More Hurricanes taxiing. RAF armourers 'bombing up' a Hurricane with 250-lb bombs and 0.303-inch ammunition. Hurricanes taxiing from control tower. Six Hurricanes flying three-abreast in a V-shaped 'vic' formation. Airmen walk past a building with dog. More very low fly-bys.

Notes

Dopesheet describes a precision attack on a Japanese-occupied Buddhist temple, though this attack not seen in this film.

Two aircraft identifiable, Hurricanes LD468 'S' and LD232. 'X', 'N', 'H', 'T' and 'Q' also seen, presumably of same squadron.

No slates, date from dopesheet.

For other Hurricane ground attack footage, see ABY 51.