The site of the Chindit landing strip codenamed Broadway. Brigadier "Mad" Michael Calvert, commander of 77th Brigade landed on 5th March 1944 with a glider-borne force of Chindits to set up one of three landing strips at the onset of "Operation Thursday".
The next gliders landed in adjoining paddy fields – washing out their landing gear – and never touching the “strip”! Chindits in Burma. The men, ...
4 March 1944: Preparing for the second Chindit raid deep into Burma Chindits at rest ... The completed landing strip at the airstrip code-named 'Broadway'.
May 10, 2019 · The completed landing strip at the airstrip code-named 'Broadway'. An American Sentinel L5 liaison aircraft is on the runway. The Chindit Operations in Burma continued, over 18,000 men were now engaged in the deep penetration of Japanese occupied territory.
British troops rushed out of the jungle to give us a hand – landing gear washed out, wing ... The completed landing strip at the airstrip code-named 'Broadway'.
VJ Day 70: The Second World War in Burma. The completed landing strip at the airstrip code-named 'Broadway'. An American. Building a jungle airstrip for the ...
WWII MM Burma Campaign, National Archives, Us Army, World War Ii, Ww2 ... The completed landing strip at the airstrip code-named 'Broadway'. An American.
A glider trails behind a C-47 headed to a landing strip in Burma. ... in at two sod airstrips in the Imphal Valley about 100 miles west of the India-Burma border, the ... “Broadway” and “Piccadilly” were named for streets in New York and London.
The completed landing strip at the airstrip code-named 'Broadway'. An American. Landing Strip. Landing Gear. Burma Campaign. Troops. Ww2. Aircraft ...
Oct. 16, 2019 · For the Japanese, possession of Burma, which it achieved in early 1942, was a plum rich in value. ... deep behind enemy lines code named “Broadway” and “Piccadilly.” The engineers would develop these clearings into air strips that would ... The Air Commando engineers had created an airstrip capable of ...