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B-24 "Tough Titti" and Crew during WWII (likely inside a revetment in SW China): L to R standing: LT/ Kaestner; Pilot LT/ Apsega; Co-pilot LT/ Crawford; Navigator Lt/ Adelson; bombardier Sitting L to R - Sergeants: Mann; Gunner Young; Gunner Smith; Engineer Jones; asst. Engineer Luebers; radio Operator Bartell, Donald J.; Armorer Gunner (Thanks A. Cope!)

The Unit's Special Services Officer with Chinese kids in SW China during WWII. From the collection of David Axelrod.

A P-51 fighter at a base in China during WWII. Tail number #271 37124. Although David Axelrod spent at least part of his time at Luliang, the karst formations in the background do not resemble the mountains of Luliang, and this is more likely a base in Guangxi, such as Liuzhou, etc. From the collection of David Axelrod.

American flyers with the B-24 "Burma Queen," serial #42-73253, of the 425th Squadron, almost certainly in China. During WWII. Unknown exactly who they are, but they might be pilot Glenn Lowe, copilot Joel Grayson, and others who usually flew the plane. In China, on one mission another crew would "borrow" this B-24 for a mission and were eventually forced to...

Flyers with a P-40 in the CBI. The plane shows the emblem of the "CHINA'S BLITZER" 23rd Fighter Group. "Standing, left-to-right, toward wing of P-40 fighter then on the engine cowl toward the propeller: Hall, Haynes, Rogers, Anderson, Bavuso, Machin, Nollmeyer CO, Davis, Stiles, Norton, Weller, Marshall, Baglio, Headly, Deveer, Macdonald. 26-87A.

Flyers with a P-40 in the CBI. The plane shows the emblem of the "CHINA'S BLITZER" 23rd Fighter Group.