Chenggong 呈贡

Kosta (Jack) Xita, lost in the CBI during WWII in 1944. Engineer. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #5346

P-61 Black Widow night fighter at Chengkung (Chenggong), China, 1945. 25th Fighter Squadron. Photo from Milton King.

Gordon Brown kneels before 16th Fighter Group Sign At Chenggong (Chengkung), 15 miles from Kunming, during WWII. In Chinese the sign says "Great Wall In The Air" ("空中长城"). Photo from Gordon Brown.

Paul J. Koerner, born around 1917, was son of Mrs. Gertrude Gibbons who resided in Hagerstown, Maryland. He had his tonsils and adenoids removed at Washington County Hospital in June 1938, at around age 21. Paul J. Koerner enlisted in the Army Air Corps on October 10, 1940, prior to the start of war, in Baltimore, Maryland. At the time...

Radar mechanic "Ash" (Ashod, likely Ashod Janigian) near Chenggong air base, Yunnan, China. During WWII.

Radar mechanic Tom Cook near Chenggong air base, Yunnan, China. During WWII. .

Workers removing hill by hand labor at Chenggong (Dog Baker) air base during WWII.

Radar men at Chenggong air base, Yunnan, China. During WWII. Ira Underwood, Jack Leonard. 374th Bombardment Squadron B-24 "Massa's Dragon" #42-109862 in revetment at Chenggong.

Radar men at Chenggong air base, Yunnan, China. During WWII. Ira Underwood, Tom Cook. 374th Bombardment Squadron B-24 "Massa's Dragon" #42-109862 in revetment at Chenggong.