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Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7566

Random photos from the CBI theater. There's a few members here who have a connection to that theater so perhaps there's something of interest. Many you've seen before and possibly a few you've not bothered to see if you visit the Fold3 archives. Always good stuff though so hopefully the info is close to being correct.

Part 1

14Th Air Force North American B-25

14Th Air Force Republic P-47 Thunderbolts Peel Off, Preparatory To Landing At A U.S. Airfield In China

14th Air force transport unit pull an overhaul under the wing of a Douglas C-47.

42-6344 Boeing B-29-10-BW Superfortress

42-41097 Consolidated B-24D-135-CO Liberator

42-63393 Rush Order (Bell-Atlanta B-29-10-BA Superfortress

42-96689 Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando cn 30351CU887 crashed Yangkai, China Feb 27, 1945

43-47089 Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando cn 160CK137 condemned for salvage Feb 8, 1946

A Chinese Soldier Guards A North American B-25 At An Airfield Somewhere In China. 16 September 1942

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Part 2

A Curtiss C-46 And A Douglas C-54 In Flight Near Kunming, China. 5 June 1945

A New Engine, Including Dolly Which Accompanies It All The Way From The United States, Is Made Ready For Mounting.

A North American P-51 Fighter lineup at Kanchow Air Base, China 74th FS 23rd FG

A pair of 'Mustangs' assigned to the 530th Ftr Sq, 311th FG.

Air Transport Command Douglas C-54 En Route To An Airbase Somewhere In China, 6 May 1945

An interested group of Chinese sergeants crowd around Sgt. Paul F. Brown, Middlebury, Vt. As he conducts the class in ground repair

Armorers Install A Gun In The Tail Component Of A Boeing B-29 Superfortress At An Air Base In China.

Armorers Of The 16Th Fighter Squadron, 51St Fighter Group, Assemble Guns For A Curtiss P-40 At Peishihwa, China, 21 October 1942

Boeing B-29 Superfortresses' Lined Up On The Taxi Strip At An Airfield In China. 10 May 1944.

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Part 3

Bullet Holes In The Fuselage Of A North American B-25 After A Mission That Ended In A Forced Landing On One Wheel At Its Base In China. 12 December 1942.

Chart - What the 14th Air force has done to the Japanese. 4 July 1942 to 28 February 1945.

Chinese Soldiers And Armorers Of The 74Th Fighter Squadron, 23Rd Fighter Group, Check The Guns On A Curtiss P-40 At Kunming, China, 1 February 1943

Chinese, Who Are American Citizens In The United States Air Forces, Work On A Curtiss P-40 Of The 76Th Fighter Squadron, 23Rd Fighter Group, At Kunming, China, 20 November 1942

Colonel Robert L. Scott, Jr. 23Rd Fighter Group, Helps SSgt. R. Fuller Of Texas And Sgt. J. Teague Of La Follette, Tennessee

Comedian Joe E. Brown apes for the photographer from the cockpit of MAJ Edward M. Nollmeyer's P-40K on a USO stop at Kunming, late 1943.

Curtiss C-46 damaged in landing being dismantled to be used for spare parts.

Diagonal color band on the vertical fin of this P-47D indicates assignment to the 91st Ftr Sq, 81st FG.

Douglas C-54 Flying Cross In Flight Near Kunming, China. 5 June 1945.

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Part 4

Douglas C-54 Flying Cross In Flight Near Kunming, China. 5 June 1945

Guiding Engine Into Place On Engine Mount Of A Boeing B-29.

Installation Of Six 50 Cal. Machine Guns In The Nose Of A North American B-25 Of The 490Th Bomb Group, 341St Bomb Group, China

Kweilin

'Little Tiger Joe', Chinese Refugee Baby Adopted By One Of The Units Of The 14Th Air Force, Is Shown Here Framed By An Ancient Chinese Doorway.

LTC Bruce K. Holloway (L) with a COL Chang (Chiang) and an unidentified 23rd FG staff officer, early 1943.

Major General Claire L. Chennault And An American Red Cross Girl

Major General Claire L. Chennault And Brig. General Edgar E. Glenn Inspect Engine Repairs at An Airfield, Kunming, China, 3 November 1944.

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Tue Mar 11, 2014 2:31 pm

Theres that pesky A-frame engine stand.

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Part 5

Major General Claire L. Chennault

MAP -- February 1945 - Operations of the 14th Air force.

Mechanics At A-1 Working On A Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Mechanics Of The 14Th Air Force Work On A Republic P-47 At A Base Somewhere In China. 14 August 1944.

Mechanics Of The 14Th Air Force, Based In China, Repair The Propeller Of A Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. 14 August 1944.

Mechanics Repair The Engine Of A Douglas C-47 At A 14Th Air Force Base In China.

Members of Chinese ground crews are careful and thorough in cleaning 50 cal., machine guns.

Men Of Boeing B-29 Superfortress 'K-304' (AC No. 224732) Check Over The Plane In Preparation For The Next Mission. China.

Men Of The 14Th Air Force Ground Crew Siphon High Octane Gasoline From Full Drums Into The Gas Tank Of A Republic P-47 At A Base Somewhere In China

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Part 6

North American P-51 Mustangs Parked On The Line At A 14Th Air Force Base In China.

Outside View Of Six 50 Cal. Machine Guns In The Nose Of A North American B-25 Of The 490Th Bomb Group, China.

P-40Ns of the 16th Ftr Sq, 51st FG

P-47D 43-25753 of the 91st Ftr Sq, 81st FG.

P-51C 42-103895, 530th Ftr Sq, 311th FG.

P-51C serial 42-103896 Princess of the 530th Ftr Sq, 311th FG.

P-51D My Ned (serial unknown) of the 530th Ftr Sq, 311th FG

Planes Attached To The 14Th Air Force Are Parked On The Hardstands At The Lunghwa Airbase Near Shanghai, China. 27 October 1945.

Women of the Red Cross

Sgt J.J. Mcgrath, Kansas City, Missouri And SSgt. W.B. Moles, Tuscon, Arizona, Both Of The 16Th Fighter Squadron, 51St Fighter Group, Make Necessary Repairs To The Engine Of A Cu

Sgt. Ralph L. Burnett Of Waukegan, Ill. Checking Forward Lower Gun Turret Of A Boeing B-29, 468Th Bomb Group

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Part 7

These next 4 photos are interesting. If you look real close you can see several P-40's and P-38's zipping around in all directions.

Shihhweiyao dock and iron works Yangtze River, China

Tail Section Of Boeing B-29 Of The 40Th Bomber Group, Xx Bomber Command

The Chennault laugh (rarely photographed) broke out, as the Commanding General of the fourteenth Air force looked over a visual chart presented by Col. John O. Neal

The First Army Nurses To Arrive In China Debark From A Douglas C-47 And Chat With Some Of The Officers At A 14Th Air Force Base In China.

The First Three Republic P-47 'Thunderbolts' To Arrive At Kunming, China Are Shown Parked On The Line. They Arrived On 20 April 1944

The First Army Nurses To Arrive In China Debark From A Douglas C-47 And Chat With Some Of The Officers At A 14Th Air Force Base In China

The Gobi Desert Or On Snow Covered Strips In Northern China. The Plane Parked Next To The Two C-47S Is A Russian Sb-3

With Chinese Military Guard Standing Close By, Ground Crew Of The 14Th Air Force Work On A North American B-25

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7566

Warbird Kid wrote:

Theres that pesky A-frame engine stand.

Chris Kid I told you there are plenty of those contraptions in the archives. Lots and lots of photos for you to search when you have the time. BTW you related to Jason Kid? :wink:

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Tue Mar 11, 2014 2:54 pm

Yes! And its Jason Kidd.
Im not a Basketball fan at all.

Yeah I've got to check out that site. I know it.

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7566

Warbird Kid wrote:

Yes! And its Jason Kidd.
Im not a Basketball fan at all.

Yeah I've got to check out that site. I know it.

No!!! not THAT Jason Kidd ... the other one with one 'd'. :wink:

Sorry for the confusion, I went to college with a dude named Jason Kid (one 'd'). Your account name always reminds me of him. Good guy who last I heard lives and works in NYC.

Chris Brame · **Posted:** Tue Mar 11, 2014 4:34 pm

Lots of goodies once again, Mark! I wonder if any American pilots got a chance to evaluate that Sb-3?

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The Noorduyn AT-16/Harvard IIB was a little surprise - 42-697 or -897? was from an RAF order, but Baugher shows a couple others also were used by the U.S. in the Far East.

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7566

Part 8

5 May 1945 C-47B serial 43-48869 of the 1340th AAF Base Unit, Kunming, crashes 40 mi. north of Chanyi (MACR 14362)

After They Have Been Assembled, North American B-25S Designed For The 1St Air Commando Force, Are Lined Up At A Field Near Karachi, India.

Members Of The 14Th Air Force Stand In Formation In Front Of The North American B-25 'Gopher' During A Ceremony At An Air Base In China2

Requiem Mass to honor 14th AF casualties at Cathedral of St. Therese, Kunmi

China -- Father L.D. Curtis, C.M., 713 N. Denison St., Baltimore, Md., A Missionary Of Kanchow, Master Of Ceremonies

China -- Chinese Soldier Of The Fifth Route Air Force, In Full Battle Dress, Stands At Attention At Foot Of Catafalque

Memorial Day Ceremony In China.

Mark Allen M · **Joined:** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:48 pm **Posts:** 7566

Interesting how the red border looks to have been painted out with an off color blue. I'm sure this was a "field mod" once the red border was discontinued.

Curtiss P-40N

Curtiss P-40N 43-22863

L-4Pilot · **Joined:** Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:35 pm **Posts:** 616

Mark, thanks for those photos, I always enjoy your posts. My father was in the CBI for a short time late in the war after serving in Europe. Army Air Corps ground crew.

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