MPN11, Yes he was !.....
Chugalug, What a remarkable find ! Of course, most of the shots were in back areas, as is only to be expected (never saw a trace of this Film Unit in the whole of my time in Burma, and never even knew it existed). No mention of the RAF, but caught a glimpse of a F/O at one point. And
NigG will have seen the "Chinthe" badge , the emblem of the 'Chindits' with which his father, Wg Cdr Arthur Gill of 84 Sqn, closely cooperated.
But it was good to see the maps. Perhaps some people now know for the first time where the Arakan was (and Kohima and Imphal in Assam). There, with a roof over our heads, a bed to sleep on, and grub to eat, we had it good, and pitied the PBI, who squelched about in the monsoon mud as seen.
Strange, but they missed two worthwhile points. I would have thought they would at least have quoted the well known Kohima Epitath. And, of course, the 'Forgotten Army' derives from General Bill Slim's address to his troops:
... "You men call yourselves the Forgotten Army. You've not been forgotten. It's just that no one's ever heard of you !"...
But then, you can't expect a BBC producer to know things like that, can you ?
Danny.