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S/Sgt. Boleslaw A. Skurnowicz and a Chinese soldier at Kunming, China, during WWII. (Thanks to S. Skurnowicz for image and info!)

23rd Fighter Control Squadron barracks at Luliang, Yunnan province, China. During WWII. From the collection of David Axelrod.

B-29 "Under Exposed." Likely in Yunnan, China. From the collection of David Axelrod.

A Chinese and American search party being organized to find an American pilot whose plane had gone down in a location pinpointed by the 23rd Fighter Control Squadron, which was one of its duties. The sign on the stairway in the background reads "Air Transport Command Operations." Below that is a sign that says "SALUTE PROUDLY!" A sign on the...

Sgt. David Axelrod, 23rd Fighter Control Squadron, standing in front of the headquarters tents and building at Luliang Airbase, Yunnan, China, where he was stationed from January to August, 1945. David Axelrod was born in New York City on April 21, 1921. David was a graduate of City College of New York, and then served in the United States Army...

American flyers with the B-24 "Burma Queen," serial #42-73253, of the 425th Squadron, almost certainly in China. During WWII. Unknown exactly who they are, but they might be pilot Glenn Lowe, copilot Joel Grayson, and others who usually flew the plane. In China, on one mission another crew would "borrow" this B-24 for a mission and were eventually forced to...

The crew of a B-24 during training stateside. Top row, left to right: 2nd Lt. William Staskiewicz (bombardier) 2nd Lt. William U. DuMond (navigator) 2nd Lt. John P. Burkett (pilot) 2nd Lt. Wallace I. Ackerman (copilot) Top row, left to right: Cpl. Norman P. Reuter (asst. radio op) S/Sgt. Claude L. Crosby (ass't. engineer) S/Sgt. Herbert W. Robbs (engineer) Cpl...

Flyers with a P-40 in the CBI. The plane shows the emblem of the "CHINA'S BLITZER" 23rd Fighter Group. "Standing, left-to-right, toward wing of P-40 fighter then on the engine cowl toward the propeller: Hall, Haynes, Rogers, Anderson, Bavuso, Machin, Nollmeyer CO, Davis, Stiles, Norton, Weller, Marshall, Baglio, Headly, Deveer, Macdonald. 26-87A.

Flyers with a P-40 in the CBI. The plane shows the emblem of the "CHINA'S BLITZER" 23rd Fighter Group.

American CBI flyer Albert Haynes with a Spitfire in Britain, where he volunteered before going to China. During WWII.