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Flyers with P-40

Flyers with a P-40 in the CBI. The plane shows the emblem of the "CHINA'S BLITZER" 23rd Fighter Group.
Flyers with a P-40 in the CBI. The plane shows the emblem of the "CHINA'S BLITZER" 23rd Fighter Group. "Standing, left-to-right, toward wing of P-40 fighter then on the engine cowl toward the propeller: Hall, Haynes, Rogers, Anderson, Bavuso, Machin, Nollmeyer CO, Davis, Stiles, Norton, Weller, Marshall, Baglio, Headly, Deveer, Macdonald. 26-87A.
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B-25 Crash Landing: Mission B-197

"My first crash landing. In China, February 3, 1944. Major Weatherly, pilot. Probably at Kunming. Wrecked B-25 MItchell. 22nd Bombardment Squadron, in the CBI.
"My first crash landing. In China, February 3, 1944. Major Weatherly, pilot. Probably at Kunming." Wrecked B-25 MItchell, which should be B-25D-15, #41-30385. Another image of this crash can be seen here. 22nd Bombardment Squadron, in the CBI. Background on this mission (courtesy of Tony Strotman): 22BS_Mission_B-197_44-02-03 Maj Weatherly (C.O.) led a two-ship formation with Lt. Anderson from Yangkai at...
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MACR 5023 BOOK

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Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #5023 (three pages total), for a crew of four missing in Action (MIA) in the CBI during WWII, lost while on a flight from Jorhat, India, to Chengtu (Chengdu), China, on 15 May 1944, while flying in a C-87 (a variant of the B-24 airframe modified to carry cargo), as part of Air Transport Command (ATC).  The full list of members of this flight were:

 

1) Pilot: 2nd Lt. James D. McDowell

2) Co-pilot: 1st Lt. Carl F. Christian

Clarence I. Anderson

Clarence I. Anderson, Pvc., Service No. 19059691, in the back row in uniform in 1943, in Seattle, WA, with his younger brother and three younger sisters, as well as his mother Ester (far left) and father Ivan (second from the right). 
Clarence Anderson on base stateside during military training. Clarence Anderson with family during his period of training. Clarence I. Anderson, Pvc., Service No. 19059691, in the back row in uniform in 1943, in Seattle, WA, with his younger brother and three younger sisters, as well as his mother Ester (far left) and father Ivan (second from the right). Clarence went...
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Holy Man In India

A Holy Man or priest in Dibrugarh, India, during WWII. Photo from Carl G. Anderson.
A Holy Man or priest in Dibrugarh, India, during WWII. Photo from Carl G. Anderson.
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Calcutta Menu

A menu for a three course dinner at a restaurant in Calcutta, India, during WWII. Supplied by Jay Anderson.
A menu for a three course dinner at a restaurant in Calcutta, India, during WWII. Supplied by Jay Anderson.
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Trophy Tiger

A tiger shot near the Irrawaddy River displayed as a trophy. During WWII. Photo by Carl G. Anderson.
A tiger shot near the Irrawaddy River displayed as a trophy. During WWII. Photo by Carl G. Anderson.
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James D. McDowell

James D. McDowell, 2nd Lt., ID: O-515741, Missing in Action (MIA) in the CBI during WWII.
James D. McDowell, 2nd Lt., ID: O-515741, Missing in Action (MIA) in the CBI during WWII. Originally from Vincennes, IN, he was lost with three other members of the crew on a flight from Jorhat, India, to Chengtu (Chengdu), China, on 15 May 1944, while flying in a C-87 (a variant of the B-24 airframe modified to carry cargo), as...
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Frank B. DiPaola

Frank B. DiPaola, Private First Class, Missing in Action (MIA) in the CBI during WWII.
Frank B. DiPaola, Private First Class, Missing in Action (MIA) in the CBI during WWII. Originally from Hartford, CT, he was lost with three other members of the crew on a flight from Jorhat, India, to Chengtu (Chengdu), China, on 15 May 1944, while flying in a C-87 (a variant of the B-24 airframe modified to carry cargo), as part...
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