WWII - 1945, Burma: B-25 Crew & Burmese Natives. May45

WWII - 1945, Burma: B-25 Crew & Burmese Natives. May45 Men beside Army Air Force twin-engine, twin tail bomber B-25 Mitchell; load bags & equipment aboard it & other planes. Pose alongside. Shot inside w/ Burmese (?) & US soldiers; throwing out bags of equipment, paratroops jumping over jungle. Men on runway look at map. Radioman in plane. Burmese in plane, on ground w/ GI. 13:48:08 Burmese in parachute in plane. Flares in sky. 13:48:57 Men on ground at tail of B-25 forced down. Smiling, laughing w/ natives behind from nearby village. 13:49:29 B-25 landing on dirt runway as soldiers watch. POV from plane (poor). Shutter problems begin for balance of reel. WW2 Burma-India Theatre; WW2; Army Air Force; OSS; NOTE: From paper document in NARA: Opens w/ Burmese agent assisting OSS Lt. James Webb, Detachment 101 brief a flight crew before departure on reconnaissance & diversionary flight. CU Lt. Bruce Benedict in CU demonstrating how to release carrier pigeons from case worn by parachutists during jump. Subject changes to plane in flight. Benedict helps two Burmese agents into parachutes. Plane was forced down. Crew hearing distant plane fires flares. Crew shown: Sgt. Brasley, crew chief & gunner; Lt. Webb; Lt. J. Mattoy, navigator; Sgt. McKnight, radioman & gunner; Lt Benedict; Lt. D. Croom, Jr., pilot; & Sgt Barnett, gunner. Subject changes to CUs of B-25 assigned to Detatchment 101 w/ crew: Mattoy, Croom, Bemedict & Sgt. Jackson R. Josling pictured at pre-flight briefing. (additional footage desc. in folder but probably not on this reel).