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ATC C-46, tail number #112418, after it has crash, hitting Engineering Building at Kunming, China, in 1943. 308th Bombardment Group photo, provided by Robert L. Cowan.

Californians of the 425th Bomb Squadron and WASC record "Yanks In The Orient" for later transmission in the US. Kunming, China, November, 1944. M.C. was Lt. Bert Parks, later of post-war fame as the M. C. of the Miss America Pageant. Photo from Robert L. Cowan.

Lt. Woo of the 425th Bomb Squadron sits aside a 425th Bomb Squadron motorcycle that originally came to China on the Burma Road in 1942. 425th Bomb Squadron mechanic made repaired the motorcycle and made it operational after it was "Liberated" from the Chinese. In the CBI during WWII, during 1943 or early 1944. Photo from Robert L. Cowan.

A burial at sea for PFC Clorala Willard (this name is correct, not name on photo), of the 308th Bomb Group, 425th Bomb Squadron, on March 2, 1943 on the way back to the US after serving in the CBI. In the CBI.

First convoy over the Ledo-Burma Road takes it easy en route to Kunming during WWII. Photo from Robert L. Cowan.

A C-46 transport plane, tail #112410, in a ditch because of brake failure at Kunming, China, during WWII. ICW-ATC, probably 1943. Photo from Robert L. Cowan.

GIs float a jeep--wrapped in canvas to give it buoyancy--across the Moguang River in Burma, June 20, 1944. Photo from Robert L. Cowan. An identical image was submitted by Raimon B. Cary.