Other titles:ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: RAF Republic Thunderbolt Mk II fighter-bombers are seen operating from an airstrip at Meiktila, central Burma.
Description: Thunderbolt Mk II AW:H (RAF 42 Squadron) revving up at dispersal. A bomb train in front of a Thunberbolt Mk II of RAF 79 Squadron. An armourer loads a belt of 0.50-inch machine gun ammunition into one of the Thunderbolt's starboard magazines. A group of men fit a bomb to an underwing hardpoint. Man at work beneath a Thunderbolt. An armourer checks a link in a belt of ammunition. A man with a fuel hose passes the nose of a Thunderbolt. A pilot is helped into his cockpit. A timber-built air traffic control tower at Meiktila airstrip. A pilot, a Squadron Leader, gives a thumbs up and a ground crewman does likewise. Engine starts up. Thunderbolt KL223 AD:B of RAF 113 Squadron (named 'Tanja') taxis from dispersal past camera. Thunderbolt KL839 AD:A takes off past camera. Thunderbolt taxiing. 'Tanja' taxiing. 'Tanja' in flight; she banks away from the camera. Bombs dropping from a Thunderbolt. The pilot at the controls. A Thunderbolt lands at Meiktila with parked aircraft in the background. View from the air traffic control tower; a man speaks on a radio as Thunderbolt EG:S (RAF 34 Squadron) passes. Thunderbolt KJ245 AW:J taxis to dispersal and parks next to AW:K.
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)
Lang, T W (Production individual)
Clot, Dennis Francis Emile1919-07-04 (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force, 42 Squadron (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force, 79 Squadron (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force, 113 Squadron (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force, 34 Squadron (regiment/service)
Keywords: Meiktila, Burma (geography)
Fighter operations, Air operations over Burma, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
