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American and Chinese soldiers look over remains of a crashed Japanese airplane in the CBI during WWII. Image from U. S. Government official sources.

A wrecked and burned airplane in SW China during WWII.

An American P-40 down in Guilin, China, during WWII.

A P-40, tail #264, down on its belly in Guilin, likely a 26th Fighter Squadron "China Blitzers" P-40K. Emblem painted on cowling prior to the application of a sharkmouth. (Thanks for additional info from jbarbaud.) From the collection of Hal Geer.

We are very excited that, after years of hoping to find some kin of Lt. Wallace, who lost his life saving his crew, one last effort in fall 2015 has allowed us to get to know his daughter, Judy, and she has been gracious to share with us much about her biological father, whom she never met. She made a...

Wreckage after horrific crash in which numerous American crew, Chinese passengers, and Chinese laborers on the ground, were killed and burned, the accident apparently happening in close proximity to the airfield/runway. During WWII.

An American aircraft burns at a base in China during WWII.

Johnson, Macaluso, Gornick, Lemmon pose with a crashed "Rum Runner" B-25 in Liuzhou June 1944. William "Wild Bill" Gornick completed his required 200 combat flying hours on "Rum Runner" as it crash landed following a mission against Tien Ho airbase. Bill assisted the maintenance personnel with salvaging all the useable parts they could until he left for the USA a...

Howard Mealey, Stengle on the B-25 "Rum Runner", tail number #445, Liuzhou, June 1944. The aircraft had crashed landed after returning from a mission and the men are in the process of salvaging all useable parts. (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)

Johnson, Macaluso, Wild Bill Gornick, Lemmon pose with a crashed "Rum Runner" B-25 in Liuzhou June 1944. William "Wild Bill" Gornick completed his required 200 combat flying hours on "Rum Runner" as it crash landed following a mission against Tien Ho airbase. Bill assisted the maintenance personnel with salvaging all the useable parts they could until he left for the...