Radar mechanics Charles Klaes and Ashod Janigian among bustling crowds in Kunming, Yunnan, China. During WWII.

Radar mechanics Jack Leonard and Charles Klaes play with rickshaw in Kunming, Yunnan, China. During WWII.

Radar men at Chenggong air base, Yunnan, China. During WWII. Ashod (likely Ashod Janigian), Bill Lesak, Marion "Marty" Martin, Tom Cook. 374th Bombardment Squadron B-24 "Massa's Dragon" #42-109862 in revetment at Chenggong.

Radar mechanic "Ash" (Ashod, likely Ashod Janigian) near Chenggong air base, Yunnan, China. During WWII.

Radar mechanic Tom Cook near Chenggong air base, Yunnan, China. During WWII. .

The B-24 bomber "Mud Fish" hard on its tail in China during WWII. This B-24D, serial #41-24308, was assigned to 425th Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb Group, at Kunming on 8 Jul 1943. The plane's nose gear was knocked loose hitting a concrete runway roller during takeoff. Then, knocked clear off plane near its bombing target at Haiphong, French Indochina (Vietnam)...

The B-24-J "Available," serial no. 42-100269, in the CBI.

B-24s in flight near Kunming, China, during WWII, including the B-24 "Ubangi Bag II," #241168.