1944

Rice paddies and walled town of Zhanyi, Yunnan, China, during WWII. December, 1944.

"My first crash landing. In China, February 3, 1944. Major Weatherly, pilot. Probably at Kunming." Wrecked B-25 MItchell, which should be B-25D-15, #41-30385. Another image of this crash can be seen here. 22nd Bombardment Squadron, in the CBI. Background on this mission (courtesy of Tony Strotman): 22BS_Mission_B-197_44-02-03 Maj Weatherly (C.O.) led a two-ship formation with Lt. Anderson from Yangkai at...

Navigators in training stateside during WWII. June 20, 1944. Walter Wegner, on far left.

John Schuhart of the 2005th Ordnance Maintenance Company, 28th Air Depot Group, "out pleasure riding one Sunday afternoon," November 18, 1944 in the CBI.

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...

Lt. Robert "Hoyle" Upchurch, 74th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, missing October 6, 1944. (Photo courtesy of LLewis.)

A row of tightly packed American aircraft at at an airstrip in Burma, probably in 1944, including B-25, P-40, C-47, P-47, etc. Apparently they were not concerned about Japanese air raids given the tight layout. Aircraft in Burma near the 797th Engineer Forestry Company. During WWII.

A Republic P-47 Thunderbolt at an airstrip in Burma in 1944. Aircraft in Burma near the 797th Engineer Forestry Company. During WWII.

Republic P-47 Thunderbolts at an airstrip in Burma in 1944. Aircraft in Burma near the 797th Engineer Forestry Company. During WWII.