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Mosquitos of 27 Squadron -
the Flying Elephants - newly arrived at Agartala in north-east
India. Led by their CO, Wing Commander J.B. Nicolson VC of Battle
of Britain fame, a pair of Mosquito FBVIs power their way home
across the lush jungle-covered hills of northern Burma.
They have just completed the
squadron’s first combat operation, a successful strike against
Japanese ground targets along the vital railway link near Mandalay
on Christmas Day 1943. Below them, in contrast to the savage
jungle war, a group of native working elephants take a hard-earned
drink. |