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Daring Burma Airfield Invasion By Gliders And Planes
In central Burma behind Japanese lines, U S Air Commandos with Wingate's Raiders landed in a bamboo-fenced jungle clearing to build a functioning airstrip. Engineers and transport units then operated for five nights, enabling heavy air support and a pivotal encirclement of Japanese lines.
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Burma
U. S
Wingate
U.S
Orde C. Wingate
Henry H. Arnold
U.S. Army Air Forces
Buck Rogers
Colonel Blimp
Col
Philip G. Cochran
Eric
Flip Corkin
Milton Caniff
Terry and the Pirates
Cochran
Air Commando Force
North Africa
Chin
Chindwin
Irrawaddy
William H. Taylor
St. Louis
Perry L. Garten
Kansas City
Neal Blush
Whitefish
Mont
Cpl
John Kinner
Iron River
Mich
Gene A. Kelly
Milwau
Raymond J. Bluthardt
Ogden, Kans
Stanley J. Ryniec
Long Island City
N. Y
William W. Geider