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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 Army and RAF officers and NCOs after surrendering local Japanese forces in a formal signing ceremony in the tent (right). The general, a senior officer of the Imperial Japanese Army, is a member of a party of Japanese envoys who have been flown to Mingaladon airfield in two Mitsubishi Ki-57 'Topsy' transport aircraft (not in view). Watching from a rise in the background is a large crowd of British and Indian servicemen, some of whom are bare-chested. In the foreground (left), an official photographer is taking photographs with a flash camera. Some of the spectators in the background are also taking photographs of the event. (Donor W. Mulford) (Original print held in AWM Archive Store)
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. After arriving by air at Mingaladon airfield, two senior officers of the Imperial Japanese Army (centre) are escorted by British Army and RAF officers to a special tent (no
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. 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 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
