PATRICIA BURKE ENTERTAINS AN RAF THUNDERBOLT SQUADRON (1945)

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: ABY 84).

Synopsis

British actress Patricia Burke, serving with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA), entertains airmen of an RAF Thunderbolt squadron.

Patricia Burke drives a jeep up to a waiting crowd of airmen near a parked Thunderbolt Mk I of RAF 135 Squadron. She is lifted bodily up onto the wing of the Thunderbolt by two airmen, and laughs while her accompaniest struggles to climb up to join her. Singing to ukulele accompaniment. Men applauding. She tweaks the hat of an American airman.

Notes

See related items below for film and photographs of other performances by Patricia Burke, and other ENSA members, in this theatre.

Dopesheet refers to RAF 30 Squadron, but marking on Thunderbolt (WK) suggests RAF 135 Squadron. Dopesheet also refers to Cox's Bazaar, but both of these squadrons were based at Jumchar by this point.

No date on dopesheet. Likely date late February or early March 1945. Also no cameraman named.

 

Titles

  • PATRICIA BURKE ENTERTAINS AN RAF THUNDERBOLT SQUADRON (1945) (Allocated)
Series Title:
ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
 

Technical Data

Year:
1945
Running Time:
2 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
95 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
Sponsor
Air Ministry Directorate of Public Relations
Production company
Royal Air Force Film Production Unit