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The photographer and collector of the images in the Roubinek Collection in Yunnan province, China, during WWII. We know very little about this CBI veteran or the background of these images. See an overview here. An image from the Roubinek Collection, showing local scenes and local people in Yunnan province, China, most likely around the Luliang air base area. A...
Document from Ewald Anton Mast. Please click here to see more about Ewald Anton Mast
Yangkai, China Two B-25 bomber pilots 14th Air Force 22nd Bomb Squadron Left: Lt. Cleland E. Wilmore Right: Lt. Arnold Theodore Ziedses Lt. Wilmore was a B25 pilot in the 22nd and I am pretty sure Lt. Arnold was also in the 22nd Bomb Squadron. (Information provided by Tony Strotman) Lt. Ziedses Des Plante is shown on assigned personnel rosters...
A Gunner's Vow printed in a news clipping. Please click here to see more about Ewald Anton Mast
B-24 bomber #42-73317 was lost on May 20, 1944, over the sea near the south east coast of China, after a night mission to strike Japanese shipping. The crew were: 1st Lt Donald G. Richardson, Pilot 1st Lt Frank L. Munson, CoPilot 1st Lt James P. ‘Jim\' Gilbert, Navigator 1st Lt Linus J. Austin, Bombardier TSgt Cecil L. Olson, Radio...
B-24 bomber #42-73317 was lost on May 20, 1944, over the sea near the south east coast of China, after a night mission to strike Japanese shipping. The crew were: 1st Lt Donald G. Richardson, Pilot 1st Lt Frank L. Munson, CoPilot 1st Lt James P. ‘Jim\' Gilbert, Navigator 1st Lt Linus J. Austin, Bombardier TSgt Cecil L. Olson, Radio...
' B-24 bomber #42-73317 was lost on May 20, 1944, over the sea near the south east coast of China, after a night mission to strike Japanese shipping. The crew were: 1st Lt Donald G. Richardson, Pilot 1st Lt Frank L. Munson, CoPilot 1st Lt James P. ‘Jim\' Gilbert, Navigator 1st Lt Linus J. Austin, Bombardier TSgt Cecil L. Olson...
An image from the Walter S. Polchlopek collection--this is an alternative image of the crew lost on a mission on May 20, 1944. See the story of the loss of this crew here, and more about Walter S. Polchlopek here.