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In Flight And Stations

B-24 #44-51040 during travel and various stations, presumably on the trip home to the US after the war.

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Working Radio During Flight

GI works a radio during flight in the CBI during WWII.

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Inside B-24 During Flight Home

Inside B-24 during flight. This should be B-24 #44-51040, Colonel William D. Hopson piloting.

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B-24 At Rupsi Air Base

A B-24 of the 308th Bombardment Group at Rupsi Air Base, India.

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Tripoli And Cairo, Egypt

Tripoli and Cairo, Egypt, during WWII, with B-24 on a runway.

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B-24 Finally Brings Crew Home To Florida

B-24 and Colonel William D. Hopson in West Palm Beach, Florida, during WWII, after a safe, successful return from the CBI at the end of the war. This B-24 should be #44-51040,  which was flow back to the US after the war, assigned to the RFC (Reconstruction Finance Corporation, salvage) Walnut Ridge, Arkansas) Dec 24, 1945--then chopped up and melted down for America's post-war boom. (Thanks tonystro and Joe Baugher.)

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B-24 Cockpit In Flight

Col. Hopson reading and smoking a cigarette in B-24 cockpit in flight back to US after end of war in the CBI. This is B-24 #44-51040.

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B-24s "Sherazade" And "Lonesome Polecat" At Base

A B-24 ("Sherazade")loading a bomb (top), with pilot window labeled "Farnell," and bomb painted with "To Tojo, from Ashland grade school." Some of their adventures can be read here. A different B-24 ("Lonesome Polecat") moving on runway (bottom). In the CBI during WWII.
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B-24 In Air Over Runway

A B-24 in the air over a runway in the CBI during WWII. Image provided by Emery and Beth Vrana.
A B-24 in the air over a runway in the CBI during WWII. Image provided by Emery and Beth Vrana.
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B-24 In Flight & Kunming Market

B-24 in flight; Kunming market.
B-24 in flight; Kunming market. Among the images collected by the editors of Ex-CBI Roundup (through reader submission), and shared with the Remembering Shared Honor project, were a series of images provided by Emery and Beth Vrana. Images include India, Burma, and China.
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