Objective, Burma!

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Objective, Burma! poster.

Movie (1945)

Starring:
Errol Flynn (Captain Nelson)
James Brown (SSgt. Treacy)
William Prince (Lt. Sid Jacobs)
George Tobias (Cpl. Gabby Gordon)

A platoon of special ops are tasked to parachute into the remote Burmese jungle and destroy a strategic Japanese radar station, but getting out isn't as easy.

Lockheed F-5 Lightning

Photo reconnaissance variant of the P-38 Lightning.

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Identification Charts

(left to right) Curtiss P-36 / (hidden by the head) Boeing B-17 / (top) Vultee A-31 Vengeance & (bottom) Douglas B-18 Bolo.

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Japanese aircraft :
(top row, L to R) Mitsubishi G3M / Mitsubishi Ki-21 / ? (twin engine float plane) / Kawanishi H6K
(middle, L to R) ? / Aichi E13A / Nakajima Ki-27 / Mitsubishi Ki-15
(bottom row, L to R) Aichi D3A / Nakajima B5N / Nakajima B6N ? / Curtiss P-40B (a handfull were captured and manned by japanese pilots near Rangoon)

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Bell P-39 Airacobra

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain

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Picking up a CG-4A glider.

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Douglas C-47A-90-DL Skytrain

USAAF serial 43-16117, c/n 20583.

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Douglas C-47A-80-DL Skytrain

The further Skytrain; USAAF serial 43-15367, c/n 19833.

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Douglas C-47A-90-DL Skytrain

USAAF serial 43-15966, c/n 20432. This airframe is still active in Colombia as of 2019, with registration HK-1175.

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North American B-25 Mitchell

Bomber escort for the Skytrains.

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Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain

"Linda Ann", USAAF serial 41-18645, c/n 06006. After this war, this aircraft would transfer to Japan with registration JA5018, and was destroyed on 16 March 1960 after colliding with a JASDF North American F-86D Sabre on the runway at Nagoya Airport.

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Curtiss C-46 Commando

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Unidentified Aircraft

Supposed to be Skytrains, but they look like single-engined aircraft.

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Waco CG-4A

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