EVACUATION OF WOUNDED BY DE HAVILLAND TIGER MOTH BIPLANE (2/8/1944)

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: ABY 23).

Synopsis

Demonstrating the use of an RAF de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane to evacuate casualties from improvised landing areas to hospital on the Imphal front, India.

Jeep carrying casualty on stretcher approaches Tiger Moth aircraft in jungle clearing. Casualty unloaded from jeep and laid on ground next to aircraft. Casualty transferred on to separate Neil Robertson naval stretcher and strapped in. Casualty is inspected by medical officer before being loaded into rear fuselage of the Tiger Moth. Fuselage is replaced over the casualty. Pilot climbs aboard, starts engine and taxis out of shot. Low altitude air-to-air footage of Tiger Moth in flight over wooded terrain, some of it in very close formation.

Notes

Tiger Moth serial number NL-732.

Dopesheet adds that after immediate treatment at a base hospital such as Imphal, the wounded are then flown on by Douglas Dakota to larger medical facilities.

No slates, date from dopesheet.

 

Titles

  • EVACUATION OF WOUNDED BY DE HAVILLAND TIGER MOTH BIPLANE (2/8/1944) (Allocated)
Series Title:
ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
 

Technical Data

Year:
1944
Running Time:
3 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
242 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
Sponsor
Air Ministry Directorate of Public Relations
cameraman
Goozee, S (Sergeant)
Production company
Royal Air Force Film Production Unit
 

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