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1944

Chinese soldier and American engineer stand before the new 25, #448, Yangkai, May 1944. Unknown, Frank Bates. From the collection of Frank Bates.
B-25 and crew at Yangkai, late 1944? Looks like 436 (same as large group picture) just coming in new to the squadron. The big guy kneeling (in silhouette) with the cap brim up is A.B. Christensen.
An American flyer, signed by Frank Bates' "old pal, Ozzie [Arndt]." June 4, 1944.
Standing in front of B-25 #448 of the Ringer Squadron. China, July 1944. Earl E. Tweady, Donald H. Hunter, Robert Irwin, Francis E. Strohm, Shields, Kaysig (?), Bajokian, Beausoleil, rear left.
Frank Willard Bates with B-25 #448, at Yangkai, about June 1944. During WWII.
Jose Martinez, airplane mechanic with the 396th, standing in front of the Huangguoshu waterfall in Guizhou (Kweichow) province, China. Image courtesy of Elmer Bukey.
Guilin Engineering Area--396th Air Service Squadron men, first row (left to right): ?, ?. Back row: Knecht, ??, Rhoads, ??.
A member of the 12th Air Service Group poses for the camera in China during WWII.
On a ferry with Chinese soldiers crossing a river in southwest China during WWII.
Buildings at an American airbase in China during WWII.