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A crew of the 11th Bomb Squadron, 341st Bomb Group poses beside their North American B-25 "Obliterators Excuse Please" at an airfield somewhere in China, February 2, 1943. They are (l-r): S/Sgt Pat N. Boudreaux, Port Arthur, Texas, Radio-Gunner S/Sgt Karl H. May, Yakima, Washington, Engineer-Gunner Lt. Charles H. Dearth, Sidney, Ohio, Navigator Lt. Mason O. Brown, Calwell, Idaho, Co-Pilot...

Chinese American Composite Wing (CACW) --Chinese pilot in the cockpit of the North American B-25 "B.T.O." give a "thumbs up" sign to other members of the Chinese and American Replacement Training Unit, prior to taking off on a mission. Karachi, India, during WWII. Photo by 7th Photo Technician Squadron, 8th Reconnaissance Group. Images courtesy of Tony Strotman.

"Look at that Mustache." Captain Wilson Porch aside plane (a C-64) marked with the Burmese mythical Chinthe. Shamshernagar Air Base, India, June 1945.

Officers of the 61st Air Service Group, 10th Army Air Force, Shamshernagar Air Base, India, August 1945. This is a scanned photo from the small collection of photos taken during by my grandfather, Wilson Pardee Porch, from his time spent in India during the Second World War. Capt. Porch is back row all (include all officers that are standing) 10th...

A B-24 bomber in the CBI, with a lady holding a parasol as nose art.

The B-24 "ESKY Special" parked in a revetment in the CBI.

A man poses before the F-5 (a variant of the P-38) 'Mary Ann' piloted by Major H. T. Bailey, who had a crew chief "Snaffy". Serial #43-26291.

A closeup of nose art on a C-64 in the CBI. Serial #44-70539.

Aircraft #43-4978, "88", at Shamshernagar, Assam, India, 1944. This combat veteran B-25H was assigned to the 434th Bomb Squadron, 12th Bomb Group. The 12th Bomb Group moved from the Mediterranean Theater to join the 10th Air Force in india in late March 1944. They flew missions against targets in Burma until the war ended. (information provided by Tony Strotman)

A C-64, tail number #35302, tipped into a ditch after a tornado on the flight line at Shamshernagar, Assam (India).