Mr WHBM Senior was on Daks in Burma in 1944-45, after his stint with Bomber Command. I've lost which squadron he was with. What I do know is they shipped from Glasgow via Cape Town to Calcutta, then rail to Gauhati where they picked the squadron up, thence forward over time to Imphal and down into Burma, establishing forward bases as they went, through Akyab and down to Rangoon. Main purpose was supply drops to the ground troops, principally Indian. At least some of the advances were made in parallel with US bases - there were some stories about that.
One ton of rice air-dropped by filling a large bag about 20% full, circling the drop zone as a signal to all to Stand Clear, open door at approx 500 feet, several local erks down the back started booting hard (no safety lines or anything), the bag slowly went out over the doorstep, suddenly - Wham - it was gone. Goodness knows what effect it had on the trim at that moment.
Anyway, can anyone give me a clue about which squadron it might have been.
Last edited by WHBM; 1st Apr 2013 at 22:01.