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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 landed at Mingaladon airfield. 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. Behind the soldier, a green surrender cross has been painted on the aircraft's fuselage. (Donor W. Mulford) (Original print held in AWM Archive Store)
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. 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. 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. 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 ser
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. Carrying a samurai sword, Lieutenant General Tokaza Numata (centre, left), Chief of Staff of the Japanese South-East Asia Command, is escorted through a group of British Ar
