B-24

Radar men at Chenggong air base, Yunnan, China. During WWII. Ira Underwood, Bill Lesak. 374th Bombardment Squadron B-24 "Massa's Dragon" #42-109862 in revetment at Chenggong.

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 men at Chenggong air base, Yunnan, China. During WWII. Tom Cook, Jack Leonard, and Bill Lesak. B-24 "Massa's Dragon" in revetment at Chenggong.

B-24 "Tough Titti" in CBI during WWII. "On January 15, 1997, the news media reported of a search team investigation the crash of a World War II heavy bomber into a 7,000 foot mountain in Southern China returning for its second bomb run. As I read the report and watched television, I realized that it was one of the B-24...

B-24L "Chuck's Chicken Coop," #44-41451, in the CBI during WWII. "B-24s in my squadron."

B-24 "Innocent Infant," serial #44-49649, in CBI during WWII.

1st Lt. Phillips Gardner Huffman was lost on a flight on March 21, 1943, over the Hump on B-24 "The Pregnant Swan," #42-40069, while enroute from Pandaveswar, India to Kunming, China. During the flight there was no radio "advice" sent out from the crew indicating any trouble. The craft simply disappeared on this, their first, flight over the treacherous altitudes...

Pilot Edward "Two-Gun" McCoy posing with M1903 "Springfield" rifle in 1943 before his plane, B-24 WE'REWOLVES. His stance matches the image of him painted by Thomas Grady near the pilot's window, above him. (Thanks to John Olin for supplemental info about his grandfather "Two-Gun" McCoy!)

Gunner at waist gun of B-24 in the CBI during WWII.

The wartime notebook of S/Sgt. Tom L. Grady. In his notebook, as a talented and curious young artist while in the CBI, he recorded scenes and vignettes that he saw in his life. He also recorded names and contact info for the people he met. "Hey-sa. Digging a hole, India."