A very young Ned Lawrence Levey near the beginning of his service during WWII, in this hand-tinted image. Ned Levey, flew the hump during WWII, and was also an aerial photographer. He transported the movie stars, and transported Lily Pons and photographed her. Ned Levey, ASN #13115881, enlisted into the Army Air Corps at Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania on August 19, 1942...

Pvt. John F. Schuhart in training stateside, #373331100, 2005th Ordnance Maintenance Company (2005th Ord. M. Co.-A.F.), 28th Air Depot Group. Later Sgt. Schuhart was stationed at locations such as APO 492 (Barrackpore, India), and at least some of the photos were sent from there to his mother, Mrs. Anna Schuhart, in Selden, Kansas (for 9 cents). During training before deployment...

Alice Chong and Captain Addison Bailey dance while another GI plays guitar. Captain Addison Bailey was Alice's immediate supervisor. He was a Jazz pianist in New York City before the war, and went back to this after the war as well. The guitar player (name currently unknown) in Bailey’s 14th Air Force band was one of the original “Hillbilly Musicians”...

Canadian flyer Gérard Labrie with American B-24 bomber "80 Days" during WWII. Note his heavy clothing and parachute. In the background, the fuselage skid (tail-bumper) is lowered and is bracing up the tail on top of a small stand.

A parachute forms a backdrop in this Chapel in Kunming in 1945. Father Charles F. Meeus celebrates mass. The Father's pulpit is the cowling for the P-40K "Little Flower" flown by Ray Kaiser (25th FS). "Little Flower" was St Therese from Lisieux, France. (Thanks JBarbaud) Notice the corrugated metal making up the lower area of the alter, also likely parts...

The L-1 Vigilant named "Sick Call" evacuating wounded Chinese and Indian troops. South of the Sweli River, 124th Calvary, Mars Task Force. 1944-45. In the CBI during WWII.

The Stinson L-1 Vigilant named "Sick Call" evacuating wounded Chinese and Indian troops. South of the Shweli River, 124th Cavalry, Mars Task Force. Photo from Dwight Burkam.

Maintenance personnel move across upper surfaces during pre-mission servicing of a B-25H 'gunship' of the 11th Bomb Squadron (not Group), 341st Bomb Group at Yang Tong Airfield, Guilin in Guangxi province, China. Circa fall of 1944.