51st Fighter Group

A destroyed P-40 of the 26th Fighter Squadron, a "China Blitzers" fighter, attached to the 51st Fighter Group. In China during WWII. See another view here.

Members of air warning station K.C.8. KC8 was overrun by the Japanese in the spring of 1943, so this photo is from 1941-1942 timeframe. Rear: Adams, Craig, Shaffer, Potts, and Thrailkill. Front: Robert "Bob" Phillips, Bubrick, Griffith, and Kuntz. Photo by Jim Fletcher. In the CBI during WWII.

GI with nose-art painted nose cowling of a P-40 fighter in the CBI during WWII--from P-40K "Little Flower" from the 25th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Group, flown by Ray Kaiser. (Thanks for additional info from JBarbaud).

A P-40 of the 26th Fighter Squadron, with a "China Blitzers" badge on cowling (thanks jbarbaud!), attached to the 51st Fighter Group. In China during WWII. See another view here.

Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Albert L. Haynes, MIA, China.

P-40Ks parked in a row in China during WWII, probably in Yunnan province, displaying the 26th Fighter Squadron "China Blitzers" badge on their sharkmouth. (Appreciation to jbarbaud for filling in some of the details!)

Nose of P-40 fighter 'Dene-a-mite' P-40 in China during WWII, probably in Yunnan province.

Captain Glade C. Burton, a pilot with the 51st Fighter Group, disappeared strangely on a short routine flight near Kunming on January 20, 1945, and never have there any clues regarding what might have happened to him. Even through 60 years have passed, he has by no means been forgotten, and the costs that these great men and their families...

Scene of the workings of the Fighter Control Squadron, 51st Fighter Group, 14th Air Force, as the team works to plot and intercept Japanese planes. Left to right: Capt. Glade C. Burton, Capt. Thomas E. Stenton, Col. Louis R. Hughes, Jr., Capt. Dale D. Desper, S/Sgt. Robert E. O'Meara, Cpl. James E. Bell, Capt. Spencer Lansdown, M/Sgt. Herman K. Rabinowe...

Enlisted men of the 51st Fighter Group in the 14th Air Force, with carbines in hand, travel to work in their all-purpose weapons carrier, fixed to lift heavy bombs onto fighters as well as carry personnel and supplies. A Chinese soldier looks on. Left to right: Pfc. John H. Carlisle, Pfc. Vincent R. Elliot, Cpl. Ralph E. Manna, T/Sgt. Robert...