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 plane lands at Myitkyina airfield. British soldiers at an antiaircraft gun. Rations are unloaded by Chinese troops from USAAF C-47 Skytrain plane. U.S. Army's 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders load mules with rations and supplies
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.
American Army Air Forces transport British forces for operation behind Japanese lines in Burma during World War II. American C-47 planes parked on airfield. British soldiers board the aircraft. Planes in flight. British soldiers seated inside a plane. American soldiers (wearing steel helmets) inside a C-47 transport. C-47s towing gliders. View of British Chindit soldiers inside a glider. The planes being flown over Burmese jungle. Gliders parked at a landing field. U.S. C-47 aircraft landing at the field. American troops exit one C-47 and immediately proceed to assemble a Browning 50 caliber antiaircraft machine gun. A Stinson L-5 liaison aircraft lands on the field.
U.S. 5307 Composite regiment in Burma during World War II. Loads of ration and parachutes are transferred from a truck to a United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) C-47 aircraft. Interior of the aircraft as the crew stacks the load.
United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) C-47 aircraft in Burma during World War II. A C-47 takes off from an airfield. Other aircraft parked on the airfield. Mountains and trees in the background. A jeep moves on the ground. The aircraft in flight.
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