Us Official Photographs

C-47 and Glider over Burma Jungle

Here the aircraft and glider have just left the ground, and the trip across the Burma jungle has begun. All personnel and equipment of a jungle-trained anti-aircraft unit were landed by gliders and transports of the 1st Air Commando Group of USAAF within 5 miles of Jap front lines in Burma to back up ground troops by firing against Jap raiders, thus increasing numbers of men and supplies flooded into the area. There was no loss of life on this trip of a few hours, that might have taken weeks of laborious travel over muddy jungle roads infiltrated by enemy troops.