CASUALTY EVACUATION FROM YAZAGYO [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: CASUALTY EVACUATION FROM YAZAGYO [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: FUB 11
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Light aircraft of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) evacuate casualties of 11th East African Division from Yazagyo, Burma.
  • Description: A USAAF L-5 Sentinel named Lacy's Lassie; a pilot boards and starts up. Another L-5, serial 299149, with the word 'Wet' and a question mark on its cowling takes off; diagonal stripes on rear fuselage indicate 1st Air Commando Group. L-5 taxiing after landing. L-5 299636 passing. An African soldier is helped out of a Sentinel by an Indian soldier wearing the patch of XXXIII Indian Corps and led to a tent with a small sign reading 'Reception'. Ambulance with a USAAF Douglas C-47 Skytrain (Dakota) taking off in the background. More Dakotas. Air-to-air view of Sentinel 299415 with good views of the terrain below, including the River Myittha. Casualty out of L-5 and onto stretcher; he is carried to the reception tent and a Dakota takes off in the background. A Sentinel named 'Pappy' with shot of the pilot, Technical Sergeant H H Myers of Bridge Port, New Jersey; according to the dopesheet he is reputedly the oldest pilot in the USAAF. British soldier with arm in a sling by a Sentinel. Stretcher cases carried to and from ambulances. Close-up of an L-5 cowling with inscription 'Angel of Mercy - Sponsored by the students of Barber School - Detroit Michigan'. More stretcher cases with an L-1 Vigilant passing. Tent 'Medical Officer'. More shots of comings and goings. Aerial air-to-air of 299138, often in close formation. Local labourers at work on the strip; stretcher cases are carried past. Various shots of locals cutting rice straw. Casualties conveyed on mules. Parked L-5 with locals behind. More shots of the locals at work. 299149 takes off. 'Niki III' takes off. Stretcher case to aircraft. Take off. A crashed L-5, apparently with collapsed undercarriage, with its injured pilot awaiting evacuation.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: FUB 11
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-12-06
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Beech, P M (Production individual) Govan, Harold WilliamBritish Army sergeant-cameraman with South East Asia Command Film Unit (British) and No.9 Army Film & Photographic Unit, formerly Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), service number 7662913, BEM in London Gazette 37576 published 21 May 1946, pg 2. (Production individual) Hammond, R G (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: United States Army Air Force, 1st Air Commando Group (regiment/service) Indian Army, XXXIII Indian Corps (regiment/service) British Army, 11th East African Division (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Yazagyo, Burma (geography) Chindwin (River), Burma (geography) Myittha (River), Burma (geography) Kalewa, Burma (geography) Air evacuation of casualties, Air operations over Burma, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Chindwin Crossing 1944-1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 767 ft; Running time: 9 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    FUB 11

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    Documents.5834 (System.Xml.XmlElement)
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