Canadian flyer Gérard Labrie with American B-24 bomber "80 Days" during WWII. Note his heavy clothing and parachute. In the background, the fuselage skid (tail-bumper) is lowered and is bracing up the tail on top of a small stand.

A parachute forms a backdrop in this Chapel in Kunming in 1945. Father Charles F. Meeus celebrates mass. The Father's pulpit is the cowling for the P-40K "Little Flower" flown by Ray Kaiser (25th FS). "Little Flower" was St Therese from Lisieux, France. (Thanks JBarbaud) Notice the corrugated metal making up the lower area of the alter, also likely parts...

The L-1 Vigilant named "Sick Call" evacuating wounded Chinese and Indian troops. South of the Sweli River, 124th Calvary, Mars Task Force. 1944-45. In the CBI during WWII.

The Stinson L-1 Vigilant named "Sick Call" evacuating wounded Chinese and Indian troops. South of the Shweli River, 124th Cavalry, Mars Task Force. Photo from Dwight Burkam.

Maintenance personnel move across upper surfaces during pre-mission servicing of a B-25H 'gunship' of the 11th Bomb Squadron (not Group), 341st Bomb Group at Yang Tong Airfield, Guilin in Guangxi province, China. Circa fall of 1944.

Nose art on the B-25 "BAM'S MAM" in the CBI during WWII.

P-40 fighter #65, probably tail #2105234, of the 80th Fighter Group, the “Burma Banshees,” on pavement at an airbase in in Burma during WWII.

A 373rd Bombardment Squadron (308th Bm Grp) crew poses at the nose of 'Nip Nipper', a B-24D1, serial #42-72837, probably in a revetment at Yangkai, early in 1944. Image from U. S. Government official sources.