RAF: Scenes from the Burma Campaign - (Restored) -1945

This newsreel is from GEN series of films shown to serving personnel during Worlds War 2. You'll see scenes from a forward air base launching B-24 attacks on Japanese positions in Burma, snapshots from the mission, life at the airfield and tips for surviving in the jungle if you're shot down.The Gen was presented as a breezy, "Life Magazine" style look behind the scenes at RAF activities in all theaters around the World, often, as in this case, from the point of view of someone who was stationed there.
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[@bilbobigbollix7318]

Great piece, thanks for posting! My dad was RAF ground crew in Burma and a lot of that film is pure tosh! It's very interesting but doesn't represent what really went on. There weren't many bombers per se, it was up close and personal. If you look at Burma there is nothing to bomb in the conventional sense! Dad worked on all sorts of planes but the vital one was the Hurriibomber. This was used as air support for when the 'brown jobs' - the army -- encountered Japanese resistance as they advanced through the jungle. They would call in the Hurribombers using them in a ground attack role. Thus they staggered through Burma, having to create new airstrips in the jungle every so often. Sometimes the Japanese would counter-attack. I recall my dad saying he had to go around collecting dogtags from the dead after one counterattack got close to them. He took the dogtag from one body and it had exactly the same name of one of his best friends - a bit of a shocking coincidence! My dad's legs were covered in scar tissue from the leeches and they gave him trouble for the rest of his life. He was still in the jungle when the war in Europe ended, he said it meant nothing to them. After Little Boy and Fat Man some Japanese in the jungle refused to believe their nation had surrendered and he was shot at in October! He didn't get back home until 1947 -- they just didn't have the transport to get everyone home immediately. There were several mutinies when this became known but it was all hushed up at the time. Cheers!

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