West African casualties awaiting air evacuation, 1944 (c)
Photograph, World War Two, Far East, 1944 (c).
The first few months of fighting in Burma demonstrated the necessity of air evacuation as the isolated locations of many units alongside the lack of roads amid the rough terrain restricted the use of motor transport. In this image wounded soldiers of 81st West African Division are watched over by a British medical officer.
From an album of 36 photographs compiled by Captain E B Mee (later Major), Royal Signals, 81st West African Division, Burma, 1944-1945.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1996-08-382-14
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study Collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1996-08-382-14
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