ALLIED AIR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF VISITS INDIAN AIR FORCE ON RAMREE ISLAND

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: JIN 18).

Synopsis

Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, visits No. 4 Squadron Indian Air Force on Ramree Island off Burma's Arakan coast.

Sir Keith Park and Air Commodore the Earl of Bandon chatting with other officers by a parked RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft, serial KJ953. Close-up of Park. Park and Bandon sitting on the ground near tents and chatting with airmen. Park, Bandon and company walk past a Hawker Hurricane fighter-bomber, PJ870 'H'. Park salutes an Indian airman standing by a Hurricane named 'Joan'. Park, Bandon, and another officer. Meeting Indian airmen. Park sits in a jeep and watches a Hurricane take off. Park and group watching. Ground crew posing with Hurricane. Pan showing three ground crewmen, one with a piece of equipment hanging around his neck.

Notes

Dopesheet does not identify the squadron but a reference to a Squadron Leader W Berry strongly suggests No. 4 Squadron IAF.

This visit also covered by a British cameraman. See related items.

 

Titles

  • ALLIED AIR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF VISITS INDIAN AIR FORCE ON RAMREE ISLAND (Allocated)
Series Title:
INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
 

Technical Data

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

Production Credits

Production Countries:
India
Sponsor
Public Relations Directorate, India
cameraman.
Ferris, A (Lieutenant)
Production company
Indian Army Public Relations Film Unit