Title:US GENERAL OLD PRESENTS RAF TRANSPORT PILOTS WITH THE AMERICAN DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ABY 17
Other titles:ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Brigadier General William Old, head of Troop Carrier Command, decorates five RAF Wing Commanders with the American Distinguished Flying Cross, for action during Operation Thursday, the airborne invasion of Burma.
Description: Officers decorated were E B Fielden of Morecambe, Lancashire ; W H Burbury (commander RAF 31 Squadron) of Lahore Cantonment, India; W E Coles (commander RAF 117 Squadron) of Banbury, Oxfordshire; M E Wells (commander RAF 62 Squadron) of Totland Bay, Isle of Wight; and A C Pearson (commander RAF 194 Squadron) of Kenya.
Alternative Title:ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company)
Goozee, S (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Old, William D (person)
Royal Air Force, 31 Squadron (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force, 62 Squadron (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force, 117 Squadron (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force, 194 Squadron (regiment/service)
Air Command South East Asia, Eastern Air Command, Troop Carrier Command (regiment/service)
Keywords: Chandina, Bengal Province, India (geography)
Agartala, Bengal Province, India (geography)
Sylhet, Bengal Province, India (geography)
Operation Thursday, Chindits 1944, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Air supply operations, Air operations over Burma, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
United States Air Forces 1939-1945 (theme)
