Capture of Myitkyina airfield by Allied Forces during Burma Campaign of World War II. Animated map highlights Myitkyina airfield in North Burma which is captured by Allied ground forces on 17th of May, 1944. USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) Waco CG-4 gliders parked at Shingbwiyang airfield. USAAF officer inspects a map. Airbase engineering equipment are loaded aboard gliders. Tow rope of glider is hooked up with USAAF C-47 Skytrain transport plane. Airborne engineers board the glider. C-47 tows CG-4. CG-4 makes a landing at Myitkyina airfield under Japanese machine gun fire. Another glider makes a crash landing. Airborne engineers exit the gliders on field. A pilot and an engineer of crashed glider are given plasma and first aid. Wounded men are evacuated. Bulldozers level the airfield. Chinese soldiers search for hidden Japanese snipers in area.
Securing the capture of Myitkyina airfield by Allied Forces during Burma Campaign of World War II. Allied soldiers at a command post near Myitkyina airfield. Soldiers sitting next to radio equipment. Chinese soldiers lined up awaiting signal at an airfield in India. U.S. 10th Troop Carrier Command C-47 Skytrain transports parked on airfield. Chinese airborne reinforcements and equipment are loaded aboard C-47. C-47s take off and head for Myitkyina. A C-47 lands and delivers Chinese reinforcements on Myitkyina airfield.
Securing the capture of Myitkyina airfield on May 19th ,1944 by Allied Forces during Burma Campaign of World War II. U.S. soldiers bring a wounded Japanese prisoner in jeep at Myitkyina airfield. Wounded soldiers on bamboo stretcher is lowered from jeep. Wounded Japanese prisoner is questioned by an intelligence officer using a map. Dead body of a Japanese sniper lying on ground near strip. U.S. soldiers sleep under shelter halves protected by blankets at airfield. Wounded Allied soldiers treated at mobile clinic. Dr. Gordon Seagrave operates a patient. U.S. Army Air Forces fighters overhead. Burmese nurses giving medical treatment and blood transfusion to patients.
Securing the capture of Myitkyina airfield by Allied Forces during Burma Campaign of World War II. USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) fighter aircraft lands at Myitkyina airfield and American pilot hops out of aircraft with a cigarette in his mouth. British soldiers gathered around an antiaircraft gun. Rations are unloaded by Chinese troops from USAAF C-47 Skytrain plane. Very low-flying U.S. Army transport aircraft drops supplies to the ground without parachute, from the air, to avoid over-taxing the runway that was softened by days of heavy rain. U.S. Army's 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders load mules with rations and supplies
The United States Air Force in Myitkyina, Burma during World War II. The U.S. Army Air Forces P-51 aircraft takes off from the airfield. Planes flying in formation. Soldiers discus a map. An air controlled radio operator studies the locations and gives the information to the pilots. The enemy units on the banks of Irrawaddy river. The pilots bombard the target as per the information. The Myitkyina airfield is captured.
The British forces in India as they plan for their operations in Burma during World War II. (Royal Air Force) RAF pilots being briefed. Pilots seated on the ground. Officer explains them the plans on a board. A jeep and airplane parked on the airfield.
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