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Low altitude bombing of railway near Van Trai Railroad Station, likely French Indochina. See related image here. 22nd Bombardment Squadron.
Low altitude bombing at Van Trai Marshalling yards, in Tourane (now Da Nang), French Indochina. 22nd Bombardment Squadron.
Bombing of Van Trai Station, French Indochina. See related image here. 22nd Bombardment Squadron.
Busy train station in India during WWII.
B-25 Mitchell bombers have just bombed a railroad bridge a bridge somewhere in southwest China, Indochina, or Burma, leading to no apparent damage, but a large cloud of dust and smoke. See a fascinating image of the bombing preceding this here.
This is an exceptional image, which says so much about the superior state of American air power in the CBI as the war progressed. In this image, a bridge somewhere in southwest China, Indochina, or Burma, is bombed by American B-25s, running in very fast at almost tree-top level (notice the perspective of the camera, which is very close to...
A train overloaded with Chinese refugees in Guangxi province, probably in either Guilin, Liuzhou, or Nanning. This could have only been during the Japanese Ichigo campaign.
A train home in India, with the declaration "India to Pennsylvania or bust." After end of hostilities.
A long row of passenger train cars in India, during WWII. In the CBI.
Steam locomotive in India during WWII. Photo form J. Paul Jones.