P-51

A P-51 fighter at a base in China during WWII. Tail number #271 37124. Although David Axelrod spent at least part of his time at Luliang, the karst formations in the background do not resemble the mountains of Luliang, and this is more likely a base in Guangxi, such as Liuzhou, etc. From the collection of David Axelrod.

B-24s bombing Sinshih, an important Japanese supply in the Hunan campaign of the time. 8.6.1944. With P-51 and P-40 fighter escorts. Consolidated B-24J-35-CO Liberator "Krachy Kourier" (308th BG 425th BS; #42-73318). Consolidated B-24J-25-CO Liberator "Burma Queen" (308th BG 425th BS; #42-73253). In China, on one mission a bomber crew would "borrow" "Burma Queen" for a mission and were eventually forced...

P-51s in a row in Yunnan, China during WWII.

Chinese P-51 pilot Colonel Li Yu during WWII.

View from B-25s of the 22nd Bombardment Squadron in flight over SW China, Indochina, or Burma during WWII--Happy for the rare escort by P-38s and P-51s.

Aircraft flown by Richard D. Harris during WWII-- P-51 Mustang and P-63 King Cobra.

A P-51 fighter on pavement at an American air base in Burma during WWII.

At this point, with full unit markings not yet applied, GIs in China use a decontamination unit to wash down the North American P-51 #42-106971 nicknamed "Big Blue Eyes." August 7, 1944. The "Mustang" fighter and pilot were lost on January 14, 1945 while assigned to the 8th Fighter Squadron (Provisional), 3rd Fighter Group (Provisional), CACW, with 1LT Van N...

1st Lt. Van Nelson Moad, Jr. in a group image of American flyers in Karachi, August, 1944. Born March 6, 1922, from Nampa, Idaho. He was a member of 8th Fighter Squadron, 3rd Fighter Group, CACS, and disappeared on a fighter sweep mission from Laohekou to Hankou flying P-51C #42-106971,"Big Blue Eyes," dated January 14, 1945. Declared dead January 15...

Flyer posing before P-51 "Josephine" in China. During WWII.