NAM.1989-04-116-3072-1

Photographs of Lashio, Burma, 1945. Subjects include Japanese aircraft hanger with eight Zero aircraft after it had been bombed by American 10th Army Air Force; Japanese Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa fighter found on the airstrip at Lashio Mar 1945; the first plane, a DC3 Dakota, to land at Lashio 10 Mar, 1945, Maj Gen Howard C Davidson, Commander 10th US Army Air Force on board, the strip had been captured from the Japanese on 7 Mar; British Dakota (C47) at Lashio, being used to airlift Jinghpaw (Kachin) Rangers to Sinlumkaba; aerial view of Kachin village, taken from a C47 12 Feb 1945 while flying between Bhamo and Lashio; weapons mounted on the struts of American light aircraft, a submachine gun (M3) and two M9A1 anti-tank grenades. From a collection of 563 loose photographs from the Burma Memorial Collection of Maj James Allan; associated with World War Two, Far East (1941-1945).

World War Two, Far East (1941-1945)