Flyer stands before F-7A/B-24 "My Assam Wagon." 24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 8th Photo Reconnaissance Group, 10th Air Force.

Crew of nine flyers stands before F-7A "My Assam Wagon," #42-64170. 24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 8th Photo Reconnaissance Group, 10th Air Force.

Flyers of the 24th Mapping Squadron out and about, likely at Chanyi (Zhanyi), Yunnan, China. During WWII.

Local boys stand in the entry to a courtyard at Chanyi (Zhanyi) during WWII.

Organizing images on large panels on the floor at photo lab of the 24th Mapping Squadron--cutting and pasting numerous high-resolution aerial images together onto a board to create a wide view.

American flyers with tail assembly of a F-7A/B-24, tail #441681, showing The Wily Wolves insignia. October 4, 1945, Gushkara, India. Lt. Willhoite, Lt. W. J. Rumler, Lt. Gordon T. "Mike" Howes. 24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 8th Photo Reconnaissance Group, 10th Air Force.

Pilot "Mike Howes" (Gordon T. Howes) motions out cockpit window of F-7A/B-24. 24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 8th Photo Reconnaissance Group, 10th Air Force.

Shark warning sign at Cox's Bazaar, India, during WWII.