14th Air Force

Here is an initial file regarding 1st Lt. Nick Gazibara, pilot with the 74th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, in China, killed in 1945 in China. Below is a short narrative kindly provided to our project by his younger brother Don in 2008: Nick Gazibara DOB 12/18/1922, Export, PA Father Robert (Bozo) immigrated from Yugoslavia in 1914 Mother oldest of...

"Tex Hill, 14th AAF Ace, P-51 Kunming"

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator "Georgia Peach," serial #42-73445, in the CBI during WWII. "A. B. Gerland, 1st Lt. A.C."

The B-24J "Lakanooki" in the CBI during WWII, with revetment visible behind. "A. B. Gerland, 1st Lt. A.C." Serial #42-73244.

Gifts/awards presented by Chinese officials to American officers in southern China. Edgar E. Glenn, Henry E. Strickland, Morris F. Taber, Jesse C. Williams, Fred C. Thomasen, Robert A. Waidner, Claire L. Chennault, and two Chinese merchants In the CBI during WWII.

Press conference with Public Relations Office of the 14th Air Force on 4 September 1944 in China. In the CBI during WWII.

'Dad saved things and we found this "China Lantern", from August 1945, in his old suitcase, he saved some things from China, including his FORM-5 papers still in the original folder which has the missions he flew the B-25 in China.'

Master Sergeant Walter D. Zielinski helps a Chinese mechanic attach a cluster of bombs to a fighter plane of the CACW.

Chinese laborers rest at noon on their work to rebuild the air strip at Liuzhou, Guangxi province, in the CBI, in 1944.

Mined runway at Liuzhou, Guangxi province, in the CBI after the Japanese retreat after Ichigo.