1945年3月22日盟军空军支援缅甸内陆的部队

美军少将乔治·斯特拉特迈耶率领的盟军空军东部作战物资特遣部队旗下的一支美军航空突击运输队在伊洛瓦底江桥头盘旋，准备给驱逐在缅中心日军的盟军投放物资补给。从这座桥头起，盟军向东南行进85英里，占领密支那及其周边战略性机场。同时，盟军其余部队占领密支那以北75公里作为日军通讯中心的曼德勒。

3/22/1945Allied Air Power Supports Advance in Central Burma3-22-45

An American Air Commando transport of U.S.Major General George E.Stratemeyer's Allied Eastern Air Command Combat Cargo Task Force circles slowly over the Irrawaddy River bridgehead before dropping supplies to the Allied troops driving the Japanese from Central Burma.From the bridgehead the Allies drove85miles southeast to capture Myitkyina and its strategic group of airfields.Meanwhile other Allied captured Mandalay,key enemy communications center,75miles north of Myitkyina.