Allied Air Activities

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

45/2

Date Released

4 Jan 1945

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Allied Air Activities
2. 2New Zealanders Take Faenza
3. 3Prime Minister in Athens

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

RAF personnel including WAAFs arrive by troopship in India. They disembark and march away. At an RAF airfield in Burma, Liberators take off on a bombing raid. Aerial views show the bombers in flight and over their target dropping bombs. In the European theatre, US 8th Air Force fighters are seen in an aerial battle with Luftwaffe fighters.

Keywords

Aviation; Photography; Military

Locations

India; Burma

Length of story (in feet)

213

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