Us Official Photographs
Gurkha Troops Meiktila Burma
1945-02-27
AIRBORNE RESERVES FOR THE BATTLE OF MEIKTILA - Reserves for seventeen divisions were flown from Palel, India to Meiktila, Burma, through the efficient efforts of the 1st and 2nd Air Commando Groups. Here, Gurkha troops climb aboard a Douglas C-47 of the 2nd Air Commando Group at Palel, India, for their trip to the front. 27 February 1945.