B-24 and Colonel William D. Hopson in West Palm Beach, Florida, during WWII, after a safe, successful return from the CBI at the end of the war.
This B-24 should be #44-51040, which was flow back to the US after the war, assigned to the RFC (Reconstruction Finance Corporation, salvage) Walnut Ridge, Arkansas) Dec 24, 1945--then chopped up and melted down for America's post-war boom. (Thanks tonystro, Joe Baugher, and metteor51.)
Image(s) from someone in the 14th AF HQ & HQ Squadron or 18th Photo Intelligence Detachment. These images were part of a fairly large subset among the images collected by the editors of Ex-CBI Roundup. This subset contains a wide range of images covering China and the region, as well as the trip home to the US after leaving the CBI at the end of the war.
See more background here.B-24 and Colonel William D. Hopson in West Palm Beach, Florida, during WWII, after a safe, successful return from the CBI at the end of the war.
This B-24 should be #44-51040, which was flow back to the US after the war, assigned to the RFC (Reconstruction Finance Corporation, salvage) Walnut Ridge, Arkansas) Dec 24, 1945--then chopped up and melted down for America's post-war boom. (Thanks tonystro, Joe Baugher, and metteor51.)