First Air Commandos, 8 mm footage by C-47 pilot John Sanichas (1)

Описание: home movies made during WWII CBI by 1st Air Commando C-47 pilot John Sanichas. This footage appears to be late 1944(?) It shows Burmese people, Chindits, C-47 crew members including Buddy Lewis and Jesse Hepler. A light plane L5-Sentinel (with dog as copilot!). Flight crew swimming around a seaplane with pontoons (Catalina PBY OA-10?). Shot-up Japanese airplanes on the ground. Construction of Ledo Road in the mountains. Please help me to identify places, events and people in this rare footage! Mary Sanichas, [email protected]
Also I have started uploading my father's photos letters written home on my new website https://1staircommandos.com I have included a recording of Jesse Hepler on the inception of the 1st Air Commando Group and how the snatch-glider cable worked, and will upload more. Jesse was a fellow 1st Air Commando transport pilot who married one of my father's beautiful sisters.