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This 'behind the scenes' photo reconnaissance mission was filmed by the 10th Army Air Force Combat Camera unit in April, 1944. It's one of those gems that shows an essential operation that was rarely seen by the general public, and takes place in the C.B.I theater of operations, which IMO has received little of the attention it deserves in the intervening years. The target is the town of Myitkyna in North East Burma, a vital rail, air field, supply & operations center for Japaneses forces in the area and a prime objective for General “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell's next offensive. The task is handled by a the 9th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, flying a B-25, escorted buy P-51s to take low level pictures of the local hospital, suspected as a surreptitious Japanese headquarters, the vital rail yards and local defenses around the Air Field. (The 9th also employed Lockheed F-5s (a recon variant of the P-38 Lightning.) The compete mission is shown from planning through low level fly over that gets down to 500 ft & ASAP parachute drop of the film back at their jungle base for developing, detailed stereoscopic photo interpretation by specialists & the assembling photographic mosaic maps, and then headquarters to G2 and staff for operational analysis to be used by air & ground forces for the upcoming assault.
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