Chanyi 沾益 Zhanyi

Chinese boys on decaying town wall around Chanyi, China, 1944. Photo from Ralph Clothier.

"Chinese mess truck overturned. Twenty injured, several fatally, near Chanyi. Retreat from Kweilin (Guilin). July 3, 1944." Photo from Peterkin.

Engine maintenance F-7A/B-24 "The FLYING ANVIL." At Chanyi (Zhanyi), China. Note the engineer getting a few minutes of rest on the concrete, in the shade below the wing. 24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 8th Photo Reconnaissance Group, 10th Air Force.

Engine maintenance F-7A/B-24 "The FLYING ANVIL." At Chanyi (Zhanyi), China. 24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 8th Photo Reconnaissance Group, 10th Air Force.

Flyers of the 24th Mapping Squadron out and about, likely at Chanyi (Zhanyi), Yunnan, China. During WWII.

Local boys stand in the entry to a courtyard at Chanyi (Zhanyi) during WWII.

Loading film into 24th Mapping Squadron F-7A, #441678, from photographic equipment carrying trailer. February 22, 1945.

Loading film into 24th Mapping Squadron F-7A, #441678, from photographic equipment carrying trailer. February 22, 1945.

24th Mapping Squadron F-7A, #441968, in China, likely at Chanyi (Zhanyi).

Banquet at Christmas, 1944, at Chanyi (Zhanyi), during WWII.