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In the Arakan area of Burma. c. 21 February 1945. Markings on the ground identify the dropping zones for Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft of No. 117 Squadron RAF. Skilful flying is demanded to get down to these tiny fields, many of them ringed by mountains.
Burma. c. 21 February 1945. Parachutes litter the dropping zone after Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft of No. 117 Squadron RAF, many with RAAF members in the crews, had put down their supplies to
Burma. c. 21 February 1945. Parachutes litter the dropping zone after Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft of No. 117 Squadron RAF, many with RAAF members in the crews, had put down their supplies to
In the Arakan area of Burma. c. 21 February 1945. Slow Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft of No. 117 Squadron RAF, take every advantage offered by camouflage. The shadow of aircraft can be seen on
Burma. 2 March 1945. While the British 14th Army troops were advancing on Mandalay, which they captured, thousands of pounds of supplies were dropped to them by RAF Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircra
Airborne over Burma. c. 21 February 1945. Supplies in cane baskets are being dropped from a Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft of No. 117 Squadron RAF operating in Burma.
Burma. C. 1944-10. Maintenance crew holds down the wing of a Spitfire aircraft in the slipstream of a Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft taxiing on a RAF airfield on the Arakan front.
