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A smoke column arises, and smoke is widely spread about, at an American air base in China during WWII. Caused by crash, bombing, or some other source.

Wrecked B-25 Mitchell bomber on the ground in the CBI. The wreck was apparently at an air base, and probably on take-off, as the craft is sprayed with fire-retardant foam, and bombs are scattered about the wreck site. During WWII.

Wrecked B-25 Mitchell bomber on the ground in the CBI. The wreck was apparently at an air base, and probably on take-off, as the craft is sprayed with fire-retardant foam, and bombs are scattered about the wreck site. During WWII.

Wrecked B-25 Mitchell bomber on the ground in the CBI. The wreck was apparently at an air base, and probably on take-off, as the craft is sprayed with fire-retardant foam, and bombs are scattered about the wreck site. During WWII.

Wrecked B-25 Mitchell bomber on the ground in the CBI. The wreck was apparently at an air base, and probably on take-off, as the craft is sprayed with fire-retardant foam, and bombs are scattered about the wreck site. During WWII.

Wrecked B-25 Mitchell bomber on the ground in the CBI. The wreck was apparently at an air base, and probably on take-off, as the craft is sprayed with fire-retardant foam, and bombs are scattered about the wreck site. During WWII.

Wrecked B-25 Mitchell bomber on the ground in the CBI. The wreck was apparently at an air base, and probably on take-off, as the craft is sprayed with fire-retardant foam, and bombs are scattered about the wreck site. During WWII.

Wrecked B-25 Mitchell bomber on the ground in the CBI. The wreck was apparently at an air base, and probably on take-off, as the craft is sprayed with fire-retardant foam, and bombs are scattered about the wreck site. During WWII.

A destroyed P-40 of the 26th Fighter Squadron, a "China Blitzers" fighter, attached to the 51st Fighter Group. In China during WWII. See another view here.

Segments of a B-25 Mitchell fuselage in the CBI during WWII.