AIR RESUPPLY AND EVACUATION DURING BATTLE OF NGAKYEDAUK PASS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AIR RESUPPLY AND EVACUATION DURING BATTLE OF NGAKYEDAUK PASS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ABY 5
  • Other titles: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Aircraft dropping supplies by parachute and evacuating wounded in support of 7th Indian Division, Fourteenth Army.
  • Description: Men of Air Supply Company packing parachutes and preparing supplies and ration containers. General Slim, General Officer Commanding 14th Army, congratulates men of the Air Supply Company. Stinson L-5 Sentinel light aircraft for battlefield casualty evacuation.
  • Alternative Title: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ABY 5
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-03-11
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company) Thomas, R H (Production individual) Clot, Dennis Francis Emile1919-07-04 (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Slim, William Joseph (person) Indian Army, 7th Indian Division (regiment/service) British Army, 14th Army (regiment/service) British Army, XV Corps (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Army Service Corps, Air Supply Company (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Burma (geography) Battle of the Admin Box 1944, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Air supply operations, Air operations over Burma, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Aerial Warfare (theme) Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme) Burma 1942-1945 (theme) Far East 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 1155 ft; Running time: 13 minutes
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    ABY 5

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    MWY 20 (14TH ARMY BREAKS JAPANESE COUNTERSTROKE IN THE ARAKAN: BATTLE OF THE ADMIN BOX [Allocated Title]) Documents.17155 (System.Xml.XmlElement) 11381 ()
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