14th Air Force

Alice Chong on the Kunming air strip posing before a C-54 with some of her 14th U.S.A.A.F buddies in 1944. Note the blood chit prominently-displayed inside the flying jacket of the Colonel Pilot at center rear. Captain Addison Bailey (in dark shirt) to Alice’s immediate right-all others unidentified. (Images and information primarily courtesy of Brian Dillon.)

"With Chinese Military Guard Standing Close By, Ground Crew Of The 14Th Air Force Work On A North American B-25, Preparing It For Another Raid On Enemy Installations." This is likely B-25D-15, #41-30381, assigned to the 491BS/341BG while the unit was stationed at Chakulia. A ground crew of the 341st Bombardment Group does maintenance to the tail gunner position on...

1st Lt. Addie Newland, an Army Nurse assigned to the Medical Air Evacuation Squadron, receives Air Medal from General. C. L. Chennault in the CBI during WWII.

Lt. Colonel William D. Hopson Of Little Rock, Arkansas, Squadron Commander In A Heavy Bomber Group Of The "Flying Tigers", Receives The Distinguished Flying Cross From Major General Charles B. Stone At A 14Th Air Force Base In China. 19 September 1945.

B-24 in the CBI during WWII, flying over mountains in the southwest China region.

The B-25 "Ann of Temple" in the CBI during WWII. The nose also has "Goldie" written on the nose, and a cat figure with "K'man" below it.

The B-24 bomber "中国美人" (China Beauty; serial #240367) in the CBI during WWII.

The B-24 bomber "Mud Fish" hard on its tail in China during WWII. This B-24D, serial #41-24308, was assigned to 425th Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb Group, at Kunming on 8 Jul 1943. The plane's nose gear was knocked loose hitting a concrete runway roller during takeoff. Then, knocked clear off plane near its bombing target at Haiphong, French Indochina (Vietnam)...

The "Burma Queen" in China during WWII. A Chinese guard keeps post in the merciful shade of the wing and a crew arms bombs on the ground not far from him. The crew of B-24J serial #42-73253, of the 425th Squadron, got lost in weather during return from bombing the city of Changsha on 22 July, 1944. When fuel ran...

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...