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Akyab, Burma. By the light of an oil lamp, 432007 Flight Sergeant Thomas Kevin Francis Xavier Leavey, RAAF of Summer Hill, NSW, navigator in No. 194 (Dakota) Squadron RAF supplying the Fourteenth Army in Central Burma, writes a letter home. Flight Sergeant Leavey died in a crash on 5 May 1945. According to as family memoir "On April 30, 1945 his Log Book records an abortive sortie in dropping supplies to Pyuntaza - they lost the port engine and had to jettison their load. Dakota KN 202 took off at 0455 hours on 3 May 1945 to land supplies at Payagyi (Burma). The monsoon season was just starting. A Squadron aircraft returning from an operational sortie reported seeing a Dakota aircraft believed to be KN 202 crashed on the ground near Payagyi. The search was abandoned and Kevin was officially presumed dead on 3 May 1945 which was the last day of the War - he was 20."
Akyab, Burma. c. 4 April 1945. Four RAAF members of No. 194 (Dakota) Squadron RAF supplying the Fourteenth Army in Central Burma, sit in their canvas baths which are lined up outside their tent in the
Akyab, Burma. c. 4 April 1945. Alongside his tent in the dusty Arakan, 10769 Flight Sergeant Colin Walton, formerly of Narrandera, NSW, and Cootamundra, NSW, horse-breaker, and now a pilot in No. 194
Akyab, Burma. c. 4 April 1945. Wearing a Japanese greatcoat found in a dump captured at Meiktila 426740 Pilot Officer Gar. Burns, RAAF of Corinda, Qld, navigator in No. 194 (Dakota) Squadron RAF engag
Akyab, Burma. c. 4 April 1945. 410036 Flight Lieutenant G. Wallace Campbell, RAAF of Rockbank, Vic, looks through the astro-dome of his aircraft. He is a navigator with No. 62 (Dakota) Squadron RAF su
Akyab, Burma. c. 4 April 1945. Lined up on a dusty Burmese airfield, RAF Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft, many of them manned by RAAF crews, have been primarily responsible for the advance of th
Akyab, Burma. c. 4 April 1945. A game of chinese checkers fills in a stand down day for these transport crews of No. 194 (Dakota) Squadron RAF, operating on the Burma front. Left to right: 423341 Warr
