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RAF 132 SQUADRON AND 7155 ECHELON SAIL TO HONG KONG... (1945)

RAF 132 Squadron and 7155 Servicing Echelon arrive in Hong Kong onboard the Ruler-class escort carrier HMS Smiter.

Members ...

 

RAF 27 SQUADRON BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER OPERATIONS AT CHIRINGA... (1945)

Scenes of Bristol Beaufighter Mk X's of RAF 27 Squadron operating from Chiringa airfield, India.

View of runway with ...

 

RAF AIR SUPPLY OPERATIONS NEAR RANGOON (7/1945) (1945)

Supplies are packed for parachute drops from RAF transport aircraft, with aerial footage of Rangoon, Burma.

Aerial footage showing ...

 

RAF EVACUATE ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR FROM THAILAND... (1945)

RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft fly liberated Allied prisoners of war (POWs) to Rangoon, Burma, from Don Muang ...

 

RAF GANG SHOW ON AKYAB ISLAND, BURMA (21/1/1945) (1945)

More footage relating to an Gang Show organised by an RAF Welfare Unit on Akyab Island (Sittwe), Burma.

Chevrolet ...

 

RAF GANG SHOW ON AKYAB ISLAND, BURMA (26/1/1945) (1945)

Scenes from an RAF Gang Show performance on Akyab Island (now Sittwe, Burma).

Two Chevrolet 1.5-ton lorries drive past ...

 

RAF MEN LEAVING RANGOON (7/1945) (1945)

RAF personnel leave Rangoon, Burma, by ship for leave, postings, and repatriation.

Rangoon harbour; a temporary bridge leads to ...

 

RAF PLANES DIVE BOMBING MANDALAY (13/3/1945) (1945)

Several British planes carry out dive bombing attacks in the distance and smoke is seen rising from the area.

Notes

Mandalay, Burma's ...

 

RAF POLLING DAY IN SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND (7/1945) (1945)

Ballot papers are delivered by air to Calcutta, India, for distribution to RAF bases before the 1945 General ...

 

RAF REGIMENT BUILD-UP (25/8/1945) (1945)

Men of the RAF Regiment man gun positions on troopships in the Rangoon River before sailing for Singapore.

RAF ...

 

RAF REGIMENT LANDS AT RANGOON (5/1945) (1945)

Men of an RAF Regiment Light Anti-Aircraft Squadron make an amphibious landing at Rangoon, Burma.

Group Captain Harold Pleasance, ...

 

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

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