[ian hunt]

Hi Steve

I am no more familiar with this than you, but from a quick look on the 'net (Wiki mainly, sorry) it would appear that ACSEA (Air Command SE Asia) was the 'air force arm' fighting in the Far East from 1943 onwards (India/Burma/Thailand etc) whereas Tiger Force was planned to be formed of the RAF and Commonwealth's heavy bombers (RAF/RCAF/RAAF/RNZAF) when they transferred out to the Far East following the ending of the European war in May '45. (Don't forget that the Japanese war carried on for another 3 months until the atomic bombs drew that one to a prompt close).

I haven't looked into how Tiger Force would have related to ACSEA - perhaps it would have been a sort of 'Bomber Command' (heavies) part of it?

I imagine 218 was planned to have been part of Tiger Force - maybe thus coming under the 'umbrella' of ACSEA?

Ian