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Rangoon, Burma, c. 1945-08. A Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 'Topsy' transport aircraft comes to a stop on the runway after landing at Mingaladon airfield. A British Army soldier (left) and several RAF servicemen (right) are walking across the landing strip near the aircraft, one of whose crew members is standing up in the open escape hatch or emergency exit on top of the cockpit. The aircraft is one of two that are carrying Japanese envoys, including Lieutenant General Tokaza Numata, Chief of Staff of the Japanese South-East Asia Command, who are to surrender local Japanese forces in a formal signing ceremony. (Donor W. Mulford) (Original print held in AWM Archive Store)
Rangoon, Burma, c. 1945-08. A RAF aircraft marshaller (centre) uses a pair of flags to direct a Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 'Topsy' transport aircraft to its parking place on the edge of the runway afte
Rangoon, Burma, c. 1945-08. Carrying a samurai sword , an officer of the Imperial Japanese Army steps down from the side door of a Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 'Topsy' transport aircraft which has just l
Rangoon, Burma, c. 1945-08. A group of Japanese and British servicemen stands beside a Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 'Topsy' transport aircraft which has just landed at Mingaladon airfield. The men are (l
Rangoon, Burma, c. 1945-08. After arriving by air at Mingaladon airfield, a party of Japanese envoys (centre, right) heads towards a special tent where they will surrender local Japanese forces in a f
Rangoon, Burma, c. 1945-08. At Mingaladon airfield, three British officers (centre) await the arrival of two Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 'Topsy' transport aircraft (not in view) which are carrying Japan
Rangoon, Burma, c. 1945-08. Led by two RAF service policemen (right), the Japanese aircrew of two Mitsubishi Ki-57 'Topsy' transport aircraft which have just landed at Mingaladon airfield make their w
