16th Combat Camera Unit

Major General Claire L. Chennault (left ) and Brig. General Edgar E. Glenn inspect engine repair on a P-51 at an airfield, Kunming, China, 3 November 1944. These are most probably 26th Fighter Squadron P-51C Mustangs. Image by 16th Combat Camera Unit. (Info thanks to TexLonghorn & JBarbaud)

A street scene in Kunming, China, during WWII.

Civilians come and go at a gate in a city wall in China during WWII.

Retreating by ferry near Lingling in the face of the Japanese advance in the fall of 1944, crossing a river by ferry.

Shipping bombs and fuel by boat and hard human labor, near Lingling. During WWII. From the collection of Hal Geer.

A balloon being filled with helium or hydrogen, probably as part of some kind meteorological measurement, during WWII in the CBI.

Moving supplies by truck and hard human labor in China during WWII.

An American C-47 takes off behind a Chinese base guard in SW China during WWII.

Men carrying gourds in Guilin, near the American air base, with karst mountains and B-25 bombers in the background. During WWII.

A small arched stone bridge near Kunming. During WWII.