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Bengal, India. c. January 1945. Group portrait of the crew of an US Navy Air Sea Rescue PBY 5A Catalina flying boat operating from a Bengal Indian base, standing in front of the aircraft. This crew made a moonlight landing on the sea and rescued the crew of an aircraft which had 'ditched'. Left to right: Warrant Officer (WO) W. J. Gorman, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), a wireless operator of Lyalta, Alberta, Canada; WO W. Kirkness DFC, RAF, of Horsforth, Leeds, Yorkshire; Lieutenant (Lt) J. G. Spelman, US Army Air Force (USAAF), co-pilot, of St Louis, Missouri, USA; Lt C. J. Grahame, USAAF, pilot, of Lodi, California; Flying Officer (FO) L. B. Adcock, RAAF, navigator of Greenwich, NSW; FO E. Leeke, RAAF, of Ararat, Vic.
Karachi, India. c. 1945. Group portrait of the pilots and navigators of the four RAF Mosquito aircraft which made the flight from Benson to Karachi in under thirteen hours on Mauripur airfield. Left t
Burma. c. 1945. Fighting the Japanese and blasting them out of bunker defence positions, rocket-firing Hurricane fighter aircraft of No. 20 Squadron RAF. Representatives from six countries are members
Bengal, India. 29 March 1945. Mrs R. G. Casey, wife of the Governor of Bengal, paid a visit to the Headquarters (HQ) of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command. Mrs Casey was received by Air Marshal
Burma. c. March 1944. Flying Officer (FO) Sharma (left), the pilot, of Lucknow, India, and FO Sadiq, the rear gunner, of Kohat, India, the crew of a Vultee Vengeance aircraft of one of the Indian Air
Burma. c. 1945. Group of pilots of an RAF fighter squadron relaxing in the bar area of their mess tent after a hard day's flying from a forward airstrip against the Japanese forces. Left to right: Fly
Bengal, India. c. 1945. Dinghy practice is a regular thing with the personnel of the RAF Air/Sea Rescue service. Members of the boat crew are being 'rescued' from the water at one of the RAF Marine Cr
