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Title:DISBANDMENT OF RAF 607 (COUNTY OF DURHAM) SQUADRON [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ABY 123
Other titles:ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Cecil Bouchier addresses airmen on the occasion of the disbandment of RAF 607 (County of Durham) Squadron at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma.
Description: A woman of the Women's Auxiliary Service (Burma) (a so-called 'WAS(B)') slicing a cake. Airmen gather around a WAS(B) mobile canteen. Flight Lieutenant Donald Nicholson, pilot of Spitfire Mk VIII JG534 AF:Z, climbs out of his aircraft after completing the squadron's final sortie. Nicholson greeted by AVM Bouchier. A jovial-looking Bouchier given a mug of tea. The WAS(B)s distribute tea and slices of cake. Spitfire VIII AF:C MV208 taxiing with two more Spitfires behind. A staff car arrives and AVM Bouchier and an Air Commodore get out. Bouchier informally addresses the men of the squadron standing on the bonnet of a jeep. He shakes hands with one of the airmen.
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)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Bouchier, Cecil Arthur (person)
Royal Air Force, 607 Squadron (regiment/service)
Women's Auxiliary Service, Burma (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force, 221 Group (regiment/service)
Keywords: Rangoon, Burma (geography)
Mingaladon airfield (geography)
Fighter operations, Air operations over Burma, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)