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...

Sgt. Andrew R. Allegretto chats with Chinese airmen, with a B-25 in the background. Sgt. Allegretto received the Air Medal for flying on a hazardous mission as part of the "Spray and Pray Squadron," part of CACW. Andrew Ralph Allegretto in CBI arrived aboard MISSION BAY. He volunteered for some of the squadron’s most perilous missions. ALLEGRETTO, Andrew Ralph ("Swifty"...

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.

Street scene in Kunming, China, and arch with "天开云瑞"坊. During WWII.

Map showing location of presumed U. S. serviceman's remains 3.8 miles north of Hengyang (at the yellow thumbtack). Note how well this matches the map drawn by memory by Donald Lopez, in Hayne's IDPF. Here is another view. (Map image courtesy of Google Earth)

Street scene in SW China. During WWII.

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

Chinese workers pulling a concrete roller at a field in China, probably in Hunan Province or Guangxi Province. During WWII.