"Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945." Troops of 5th Indian Division loading a jeep into a Douglas Dakota Mark III of No. 194 Squadron RAF, during the reinforcement of the Imphal Garrison. Known throughout the Burma Theatre as "The Friendly Firm", No. 194 Squadron maintained intensive troop and supply sorties into Burma, and Imphal in particular, between March and June 1944.