| Akyab sector |
During the time No.2 Squadron's 'A' Flight spent at
Akyab, the living conditions were harsh, as it was elsewhere. Pilots would make do with
tented accomodation and mosquito bites.
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A photograph titled 'My camp in AKYAB'. probably taken with an oblique
camera, shows a Vickers Supermarine Sea Otter Biplane in the foreground and the camp
in the background |
| OD at the Camp - in jungle uniform and pistol cord round his neck. |  |
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Pilots relaxing by playing cards in the evening, makeshift drums as stools! CO Jaswant Singh is in the background watching on. BBK Rao directly facing the camera. |
| 'Doc' Ghosh, the Squadron Medical Officer checks out a pin-up drawing by the 'Squadron Artist' Plt Offr A K Sen (EQPT) . |  |
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Fg Offr A.K. Ganguly in 1943, Ganguly would later command Halwara AFS (8 Wing) in the 50s as a wing commander. |
| 'My tent in Akyab. Samne mera saathi Doctor F/Lt. Ghose hai' |
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Three of the pilots of No.2 Squadron. The photograph has the names Malik,
Hassan and Suri , without giving the first names. Suri is ofcourse Roshan Lal Suri, who
would be the famed test pilot later on in IAF service. |
| Aircrew being briefed by the GLO, Major Boddam-Weddam. OD Agnihotri looks on leaning on the tent pole. |  |
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Akyab airfield, with the tented accomodation and vehicles. |
| Tea Time break for Officers and Airmen. |  |