photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.1985-11-36-402

Description

Members of the Royal Air Force Regiment manhandling a light 20 mm ack-ack gun through a sea of mud to line up next to other guns on the landing beaches off the Rangoon River, 14 Jun 1945. Official photograph, 1945 OPERATION DRACULA: the Advance on Rangoon March - May 1945. Members of No. 2959 LAA Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment, marshalling their 20mm Hispano anti-aircraft guns after coming ashore at Elephant Point on the mouth of the Rangoon River, in the monsoon rains. Associated with World War Two (1941-1945). From a collection of 650 photographs compiled by the Commando Association.

Campaigns

World War Two, Far East (1941-1945)