B-24

The B-24 bomber "HOT AS HELL" and crew in China during WWII. This B-24D, serial #42-40075, was assigned to the 425th Bomb Squadron, one of the original planes of the 308th Bomb Group making the trip from USA to Kunming in April 1943. By November, following several missions and many resupply trips across the Hump for fuel, munitions and spare...

The B-24J bomber "Chug-A-Lug (Junior)," serial #42-73310, and crew in China during WWII.

The B-24 "The Frendlin" and crew in China during WWII. This B-24J, serial #42-73265 was assigned to 425th Bomb Squadron at Kunming. The plane departed Liuchow on 20 May 1944 for a planned sea sweep mission with return to Kunming. However, it was hit by enemy fire during the mission forcing the crew to bail out prior to reaching a...

B-24 bomber "C. E. 'Shack'" with crew on the ground. 425th Bomb Squadron, 308th Bombardment Group. Names painted on the nose of "C. E. 'Shack'" include those of 2nd Lt. Gordon C. Weems (copilot), 2nd Lt. Charles R. Thompson (navigator), and an unknown "Chick," who was possibly bombardier. (Info courtesy of deployment name list.) The crew apparently trained together at...

B-24s in flight in the CBI during WWII, including "The Goon" (tail #124183) in the top image.

The B-24 "中国美人" (China Beauty) in the CBI during WWII.

The butt end of a C-109 transport (build on the B-24 airframe, or obsolete B-24 that has been modified with the removal of the tail gun).

' The photographer and collector of the images in the Roubinek Collection in Yunnan province, China, during WWII. We know very little about this CBI veteran or the background of these images. See an overview here. An image from the Roubinek Collection, showing local scenes and local people in Yunnan province, China, most likely around the Luliang air base area...

Crashed American aircraft in the boneyard at the American airbase--many of these were used as salvage for spare and repair parts for planes that were still flying.

Crashed American B-24 in the boneyard at the American airbase at Luliang--many of these were used as salvage for spare and repair parts for planes that were still flying. This was B-24L- 1-CO, #44-41442, 'Red Ass,' assigned to the 373rd Bomb Squadron of the 308th Bm Grp when it was transferred to Fourteenth AF Air Service Group on 8 Apr...