Personnel of a Chinese and American Overseas Training Unit Bomber Command lined up in front of a North American B-25 Mitchell at Karachi, India. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Chinese American Composite Wing (CACW) --"CHINESE AIRMEN GET AMERICAN TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT." The photographer must have laid on his back to get this photo of the Chinese and American crew loading bombs into the rack of a B-25 Mitchell medium bomber. During WWII in China. Images courtesy of Tony Strotman.

S/Sgt. Ed Toy of Chicago, Illinois, repairs instruments of Curtiss P-40s at an aircraft factory somewhere in China during WWII. The factory was fitted to rebuild P-40s for the American Volunteer Group (AVG) and the Chinese continued the same operations for the U.S. Air Force. January 1, 1943. Photo by 7th Photo Tech. Sqdn, provided courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Repairing an aluminum wing, 97th Repair Squadron, fabric shop on July 30, 1944. Cpl. Henry E. Rich, 37211328 works on the outside of the wing. The name of the man working inside the wing, with only legs sticking out, is apparently lost to history. At APO 493 (India?) From the U.S. Government sources.

An unknown aircrew somewhere in the CBI during WWII.

Three gentlemen, Ed Nelson (Bad Axe, Mich), Sgt. Norton G. Stubblefield (Dallas Texas), and 1st Lt. Charles J. Jantzen (Seattle, Washington) with the self-propelled battery cart they have built from spare parts and salvage.

S/Sgt. E. D. Orton receiving the Purple Heart.

An American instructor explains the use of a machine gun to Chinese troops. Image from U. S. Government official sources.