Drama from the Philippines

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

44/101

Date Released

18 Dec 1944

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Airborne Lifeboat
2. 2Drama from the Philippines
3. 3Off to Canada
4. 4The Tragic City of Lublin

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

Off Leyte, and an American warship is attacked by an enemy bomber. The plane, hit by flak, starts a death dive and plunges in flames right into a troop filled landing craft. Casualties of the collision are brought back to a transport. (Official US Navy pictures). A smoke-screen is laid down to curtain the landing of reinforcements for the Philippines. At Tacloban, Filipinos help US engineers prepare an air-strip. General MacArthur with his Air Chief, General Kenney, sees the first American land-planes take off.

Keywords

Aviation; Navy; Casualties; Military

Locations

Philippines; Tacloban

Length of story (in feet)

109

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