No. 273 Squadron RAF
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No. 273 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force squadron formed as reconnaissance unit in World War I, and re-formed in World War II in Ceylon - initially as a torpedo bomber and reconnaissance unit. In mi
Squadron Leader Robert Hayes, Commanding Officer of No. 273 Squadron, chats with Air Marshal Sir Guy Garrod, the Allied Air Commander in Chief, Air Command South East Asia, by a Spitfire Mark VIII at Cox's Bazar, 1944
Third Tactical Air Force
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The Third Tactical Air Force, which was formed in South Asia in December 1943, was one of three tactical air forces formed by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It was made up of squadro
No. 273 Squadron RAF
…the major Japanese attacks (Operation U-Go) against Imphal and Kohima were beaten back by Allied Indian and British forces, greatly assisted by the Third Tactical Air Force (TAF). The monsoon rains then followed, so that the next major round of strategic land battles commenced in late 1944 and early 1945. The Allied 14th…
A Hawker Hurricane Mark Mk.IIC of No. 42 Squadron RAF based at Kangla, Burma, diving to attack a bridge near a small Burmese settlement on the Tiddim Road
Sergeant Albert (Tinny) Martin, Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) of Wellington, New Zealand, of No. 20 Squadron, RAF, at Monywa, Central Burma, 17/18 March 1945