OPERATIONAL MISSIONS 1945 No. Date (1945) Take-off Time Total Hrs Drop Zone 1 Jan. 27 17:10 12:30 Vientiane,FIC 2 Feb. 21 17:05 17:05 Hanoi, FIC 3 Feb. 23 15:55 8:35 Burma 4 Feb. 25 19:00 8:00 Burma 5 Feb. 28 19:40 12:25 FIC 6 Mar. 3 17:10 17:10 Saigon,FIC 7 Mar. 20 17:15 8:05 Burma 8 Mar. 22 18:10 8:15 Burma 9 Mar. 24 18:20 7:50 Burma 10 Mar. 26 10:35 11:15 Burma 11 Mar. 28 18:15 7:55 Burma 12 Mar. 30 10:00 12:25 Burma, FIC 13 Apr. 1 13:35 8:15 Burma 14 Apr. 3 14:05 8:20 Burma 15 Apr. 6 10:50 12:40 FIC 16 Apr. 9 13:25 11:15 Burma 17 Apr. 15 14:15 11:15 Burma 18 Apr. 18 11:40 11:55 Burma,FIC 19 Apr. 23 11:30 11:15 Burma May 8: VE Day 20 May. 15 07:15 21:25 Malaya 21 May. 18 06:40 13:45 FIC 22 May. 20 10:25 12:30 Burma 23 May. 22 07:00 4:25 FIC, A/C U/S 24 May. 26 11:55 24:20 Singapore 25 May. 28 23:59 6:45 Khorat,Siam - June. 14 10:00 2:50 Fairchild Local - June. 14 13:00 7:20 DC3 to India Map of Mission Locations Escape from Siam RAF 358 Squadron, Burma 1945 Introduction: The 25th Mission The Mission Beginning B-24 Shot Down, then On to Bangkok Escape with the OSS Back at Calcutta Mission List Postscript 1: Vermont Christmas Re-Union Postscript 2: Restoring Crane No. 7862 Harry Smith's Awards More Siam 1945 RAF Memoirs of SE Asia: 358 Squadron Special Ops and P.O.W by William A. Pugh Introduction Arrival in India At Jessore, India From the Crash Site to Bangkok Bangkok P.O.W. Camp Escape and Return to the United Kingdom Back to War Lore: The List Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2002 by Harry Smith This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com