The RAF aiding Gurkhas during an attack on a hill near Palel

The RAF aiding Gurkhas during an attack on a hill near Palel

One of four photographs: The RAF aiding Gurkhas during an attack on a hill near Palel 1944. From a collection of 48 photographs relating to the Burma Campaign, World War Two, Far East (1941-1945). Gurkha soldiers of the Indian Army open fire with a Vickers machine-gun while in the distance aircraft of the Royal Air Force strike at Japanese positions during the latter?s drive along the Palel road towards Imphal in April 1944. Date: 1944

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  • ILEA000637186
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  • 1944/4/30 00:00:00
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