Describes a mission when our Sentinel I was used by RAF 357 "Special Duties" Sqn to resupply and evacuate a wounded Force 136 SOE covert operative from behind Japanese lines in on a Burmese mountainside. Unparalleled Royal Air Force Sentinel I combat history.

KJ405 floated between many units including RAF 194 Sqn. "The Friendly Firm", RAF 221 Group HQ Communication Flight "C Flight", RAF 357 "Special Duties" Sqn., among others.

Royal Air Force SEAC Command

Photo from the Imperial War Museum archives.

Burma, 1945. Arakan Campaign.

A mechanic, or "fitter", poses by an RAF 194 Sqn. Sentinel II ambulance.

KJ405 may be in this photo!

RAF Sentinel I (foreground) on the deck of a Royal Navy escort carrier with SEAC RAF Supermarine Spitfires. Notice the United States Army Air Corps emblem is exposed, due to weathering, under the RAF SEAC roundel. RAF Sentinels were delivered to India in crates directly from the Stinson Aircraft factory and consequently arrived in USAAC livery.

KJ377 and KJ??? (possible KJ405) are shown here, stripped down, at the Mingaladon airport in Burma (c.1946)

KJ405 arrived at Imphal with RAF 194 Sqn. in late 1944.