"Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945." Flight Sergeant R Standish Walker of Woodford, Essex, a pilot serving with No. 135 Squadron RAF, climbs into his Republic Thunderbolt Mark I at Chittagong, India, attended by Leading Aircraftman R Rainford of Oldham Lancashire. Walker is wearing his Tropical Survival Suit ("Beadon suit"), Mae West, and is carrying a jungle knife and screwdriver in a leg scabbard..