VISIT OF THE VICEROY OF INDIA TO RAF SQUADRONS AT AGARTALA AND IMPHAL, INDIA (4/9/1944)
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: ABY 21).
Synopsis
Viscount Wavell, Viceroy of India, visits RAF 117 Squadron and RAF 194 Squadron (Douglas Dakotas) at Agartala, and the Spitfires of RAF 152 Squadron at Imphal, India
Viscount Wavell greeted after disemplaning by a number of senior officers. Inspects RAF airmen before being driven away to inspect a number of other units, including some US Army Air Force personnel.
Notes
No slates, date from dopesheet.
The cameraman of this piece, Warrant Officer John Laing McKee, was killed on 21 January 1945. Flying in a Liberator heavy bomber of RAF 99 Squadron supporting the landings on Ramree Island, McKee's aircraft collided with another Liberator of the same squadron and both disintegrated. All aboard both aircraft were killed. McKee, and the nineteen other aircrew of the two bombers, are buried in the CWGC Maynamati War Cemetery, near Comilla in Bangladesh.
Titles
- VISIT OF THE VICEROY OF INDIA TO RAF SQUADRONS AT AGARTALA AND IMPHAL, INDIA (4/9/1944) (Allocated)
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1944
- Running Time:
- 2 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 123 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB
- Sponsor
- Air Ministry Directorate of Public Relations
- cameraman
- McKee, J L (Warrant Officer)
- Production company
- Royal Air Force Film Production Unit