Johnson

At an advanced air base, China--Chinese and American fighter pilots of the Fourteenth Air Force's hard-hitting China-American Composite Wing (CACW) fly wing-tip to wing-tip in China where they are daily coordinating their efforts with Chinese ground troops to drive the Japanese out of China. Here, just before setting out on a strafing mission, Captain William J. Johnson, Jr., explains a...

16th Combat Camera Unit set up to film a USO show in China during WWII. Herb Johnson, a former Disney animator, on the right.

Included below is part of the story of James D. Vaughn who disappeared, along with the rest of the crew with him on their B-24 bomber on a mission of the coast of China, in 1944. We have graciously been given access to many materials on Mr. Vaughn by his family, and will make it all available here. Please also...

491st Bombardment Squadron personnel with shark-mouth B-25 bomber inside tidy revetment in China: Peterson, unknown, Konkolics (?), Larry Johnson, unknown, Silvernail (?)

Johnson, Macaluso, Gornick, Lemmon pose with a crashed "Rum Runner" B-25 in Liuzhou June 1944. William "Wild Bill" Gornick completed his required 200 combat flying hours on "Rum Runner" as it crash landed following a mission against Tien Ho airbase. Bill assisted the maintenance personnel with salvaging all the useable parts they could until he left for the USA a...

Johnson, Macaluso, Wild Bill Gornick, Lemmon pose with a crashed "Rum Runner" B-25 in Liuzhou June 1944. William "Wild Bill" Gornick completed his required 200 combat flying hours on "Rum Runner" as it crash landed following a mission against Tien Ho airbase. Bill assisted the maintenance personnel with salvaging all the useable parts they could until he left for the...