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Other titles:ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Men of the RAF Regiment man gun positions on troopships in the Rangoon River before sailing for Singapore.
Description: RAF Regiment airmen man a 20mm Oerlikon gun. A group of RAF and Army officers study a map. RAF men, along with a sailor, man a 20mm gun. RAF gunners man a 40mm Bofors gun. View of the coastline with trees. A small RAF motor launch (numbered '1608'), possibly a seaplane tender, pulls alongside a jetty. General Mansergh, commander of 5th Indian Division, boards the launch with Wing Commander Pimm.
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)
Tookey, C E W (Production individual)
Clot, Dennis Francis Emile1919-07-04 (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Mansergh, Eric Carden Robert (person)
Indian Army, 5th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Regiment (regiment/service)
Keywords: Rangoon, Burma (geography)
Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Liberation of Singapore Island 1945, Malaya, Second World War (event)
Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)