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British Flying Boats Ferry Supplies In Burma
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keywords: wwii, burma, raf sunderland flying boat, british sea plane
Synopsis: RAF Sunderland Flying Boats perform a unique function in Burma by ferry weapons and supplies to soldiers and returning to base loaded with wounded...(read more)
- Date: 1944
- Duration: 00:03:11
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Burma
British Flying Boats Ferry Supplies In Burma
RAF Sunderland British Flying Boat in flight over Burma in WWII (WW2) delivering supplies to the Chindits (3rd Indian Infantry Division), the British India "Special Forces". Supplies are unloaded from the RAF Seaplane onto rafts fitted with motors. Wounded are transported to the RAF Seaplane by motorized raft for flight out of Burma to base hospital.
British aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean steam toward Sumatra for attack on cement plant in Padang and Japanese ships in Emma Haven (Emmahaven) (Teluk Bayur). Planes are armed with 500lb. bombs. Planes take-off from British aircraft carrier. LS of plane landing on British aircraft carrier, CU as planes "noses over" on landing. F4U Corsair makes perfect landing on British Aircraft Carrier.
Gun camera footage from the 8th Air Force planes attacking Nazi positions in Europe. Shows several dramatic scenes of German Luftwaffe planes shot down in air-to-air combat, planes exploding in ball of fire, losing a wing and going into a rolling dive.
- Related Titles:
- Military Newsreels: 1944 - Issue 62
