Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. Flight Lieutenant E 'Ted' Garside lands Short Sunderland Mark III, JM659 'Q', of No. 230 Squadron RAF on the Brahmaputra River at Dibrugarh, India, loaded with casualties evacuated from Burma. In June 1944, two aircraft of the Squadron were detached from their base at Koggala, Ceylon, to Dibrugarh in Assam, in order to evacuate Special Force casualties from Lake Indawgyi, situated behind the enemy front lines in northern Burma. In thirteen sorties between 2 June and 3 July, the Sunderlands evacuated some 537 men of 111th Brigade, and flew
Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. Flight Lieutenant E 'Ted' Garside lands Short Sunderland Mark III, JM659 'Q', of No. 230 Squadron RAF on the Brahmaputra River at Dibrugarh, India, loaded with casualties evacuated from Burma. In June 1944, two aircraft of the Squadron were detached from their base at Koggala, Ceylon, to Dibrugarh in Assam, in order to evacuate Special Force casualties from Lake Indawgyi, situated behind the enemy front lines in northern Burma. In thirteen sorties between 2 June and 3 July, the Sunderlands evacuated some 537 men of 111th Brigade, and flew in medical stores, rations and combat troops. On 20 June, JM659 was rendered unserviceable when a DUKW collided with her at Dibrugarh, and on 4 July she sank at her moorings after being struck by a whirlwind.
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