B-25 Mitchell

' 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 planes and people connected to an American air base in WWII in Yunnan province, China, most likely...

' 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 planes and people connected to an American air base in WWII in Yunnan province, China, most likely...

A B-25 with Nationalist markings, tail number #B31205, with bombs laid out ready for loading, at the American air base at Luliang in WWII in Yunnan province, China.

A B-25, tail number #B31205, with bombs laid out ready for loading, at the base. WWII in Yunnan province, China.

B-25 Mitchell in Yunnan, China, during WWII, with a row of bombs laid out on the ground behind, and bomb bay doors open.

A B-25 with Nationalist markings, tail number #B31203, at an air base in Yunnan, China, during WWII.

In these three images, we see a train being attacked--strafed by machine gun--in either SW China, Indochina, or the China-Burma area. Interestingly, the train is in the midst of an area of trees along the track, and seems to be stopped there (notice it has note moved between photos), possibly as an attempt at camouflage. As the war progressed, American...

A town and dock area is bombed along a river, probably in SW China, Indochina, or the China-Burma border region. During WWII.

B-25 Mitchells fly away from a recently bombed town, with a confluence of road and railway bridges right in the smoking bombed area. Probably in SW China, Indochina, or the China-Burma border region. During WWII.

Rural landscapes as seen from a B-25 Mitchell, in SW China, or Indochina, or the China-Burma border area. Karst mountains can be seen clearly in the lower image.