- Title: RAF raid Mataban
- Date: 28th May 1942
- Summary: BURMA: Myanmar: Mataban: EXT A Royal Air Force air raid on Mataban is chronicled from preparation to end including flyers on the ground, camera shooting in and from cockpit of airplane and live action AEROPLANES R.A.F. & NAVAL PLANES. R.A.F.RAID ON MATABAN..Blenheims on airfield.. pilots outside hut..fueling..bombing up.mechanic underneath plane..pilots putting on parachutes..handworking controls in plane..plane takes off shot from pilot's cabin..Blenheims in air in formation..dropping bombs..smoke on land when planes fly over..C.U.bomb aiming apparatus..hedge-hopping..Pilot's names dope BOMBS Mechanic plane bombing up for RAID ON MATABAN.. C.U. bomb aiming apparatus..bombs dropping & smoke columns on land where target is hit BURMA. Raid on Mataban PARAMOUNT MATABAN, Burma. R.A.F. raid on..Blenheims over target dropping bombs...columns of smoke & explosions on land PARACHUTES AND PARACHUTISTS. Pilots fix parachutes before raid on Mataban Royal Air Force; Airforce - Active World War II, World War 2, WWII, Second World War, war, Bristol Blenheim, light bomber
- Embargoed: 12th June 1942 14:00
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- Location: Burma, Myanmar
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- Country: Burma (Myanmar)
- Topics: War / Fighting,Defence / Military
- Reuters ID: LVAB6O2W9PEHK5E98TPVQYATUU7W
- Story Text: A Royal Air Force raid against Imperial Japanese forces in Mataban, Myanmar (formerly Burma)
- Copyright Holder: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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