ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1941-1945. - Flight Sergeant R Standish Walker of Woodford, Essex, a pilot serving with No. 135 Squadron RAF, climbs into his Republic Thunderbolt Mark I at Chittagong, India, attended by Leading Aircraftman R Rainford of Oldham Lancashire. Walker is wearing his Tropical Survival Suit ("Beadon suit"), Mae West, and is carrying a jungle knife and screwdriver in a leg scabbard Royal Air Force, 135 Squadron

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