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    CANADIANS DROP RICE TO ISOLATED BURMESE (7/1945) 1945

    ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

    Canadian airmen of RCAF 435 Squadron deliver rice to Burmese civilians via the Civil Affairs Service (CAS).

    A Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) ...

     
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    JAPANESE SIGN THE SURRENDER OF PENANG ABOARD HMS NELSON (3/9/1945) 1945

    ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

    Onboard the Royal Navy Nelson-class battleship HMS Nelson Japanese officers surrender the port and city of Penang, Malaya (Malaysia) to the Allies ...

     
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    HURRICANE CLOSE SUPPORT EXERCISE NEAR MEIKTILA (23/4/1945) 1945

    ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

    RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter-bombers conduct an exercise in close air support near Meiktila, central Burma.

    A plume of dust and smoke from an ...

     
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    SERVICEMEN GO RIDING IN DARJEELING (1/10/1945) 1945

    ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

    British servicemen go riding in Darjeeling, Bengal Province, India.

    A mountain range shrouded with cloud. Five British servicemen ride along a ...

     
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    RELEASE OF ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR IN THE FAR EAST (12/10/1945) 1945

    ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

    Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and civilian internees are liberated from Japanese captivity and evacuated by RAF aircraft to Kallang Airport, ...

     
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    JAPANESE SURRENDER OF HONG KONG (16/9/1945) 1945

    ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

    Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, commander of the British Pacific Fleet, arrives at Hong Kong before the formal Japanese ...

     
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    SPITFIRE SQUADRON AT KAI TAK AIRSTRIP (18/10/1945) 1945

    ... out of a Spitfire named 'Betty'. Groups of Indian ex-prisoners of war crowd around a couple of Spitfires. A Sunderland makes a fairly ... Group Captain, talking with other officers. Japanese prisoners of war move petrol drums. Airmen and officers watch two ...
     
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    INDIAN TROOPS RETURN HOME AT RAF MAURIPUR, KARACHI (8/10/1945) 1945

    ... since been renamed PAF Masroor. This station served as a base for operational flying during the 1965 and 1971 wars with India.

    Still photographs of operations at RAF Mauripur can be seen in the IWM still photographs referenced below.

    No slates ...

     
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    REAR ADMIRAL HARCOURT VISITS RAF 132 SQUADRON (2/10/1945) 1945

    ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

    Rear Admiral C H J Harcourt, Senior British Naval Officer Hong Kong, inspects airmen and aircraft of RAF 132 Squadron at Kai Tak airfield, Kowloon, ...

     
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    JAPANESE INTERNEES AT WORK AT KAI TAK AIRSTRIP (27/9/1945) 1945

    ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

    Japanese internees arrive at Kai Tak airstrip, Kowloon, Hong Kong, for a day of labour under RAF supervision.

    Two lorry loads of Japanese ...

     
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    RAF REOPEN THE RAILWAY BETWEEN KOWLOON AND LO WU (29/9/1945) 1945

    ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

    The reopening of the Kowloon-Lo Wu railway line gets off to a decidedly mixed start, and RAF men mix with Chinese soldiers.

    View looking along ...

     
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    MEN OF THE CHINESE ARMY MARCH THROUGH HONG KONG (1945) 1945

    ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

    Units of the National Revolutionary Army (Chinese Nationalist army) march through Hong Kong.

    A crowd of Chinese civilians is supervised by ...