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Images from a fly-over to confirm bombing effectiveness on a bridge in southern China or Indochina, during WWII.

A fly-by of a rural area with a bombed bridge in the background, probably in SW China, Indochina, or the China-Burma border region.

A railroad bridge is bombed on a river, probably in SW China, Indochina, or the China-Burma border region.

A railway line above Yangzonghai lake (阳宗海) to the east of Kunming, near the U.S. Camp Schiel rest station.

B-25s fly away from just-bombed Yishan (now Yizhou) in Guangxi province, SW China, among Karst peaks during the Japanese Ichigo campaign of summer and fall 1944. Towns along the Ichigo route were bombed by American planes as the Japanese moved into them, or sometimes in advance, to deny the resources of the towns to the incoming Japanese. The Japanese entered...

Railroad yards at Kwanshuishih, China, 75 miles north of Hankow on the Ping-Han R.R., were hit by B-25S of the Chinese-American Composite Wing's 'Avenger' Bomb Squadron with 88 percent of the bombs exploding on the target area. Tracks were completely destroyed and thirteen storage buildings were blown to bits with additional buildings receiving severe blast damage. Image courtesy of Tony...

Steam billows from two Japanese locomotives whose boilers have been exploded by strafing of 2nd Lt. William C. Sharp, a member of CACW. Near Suchow (Suzhou), China, during WWII. See other image of this train here. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Steam billows from two Japanese locomotives whose boilers have been exploded by strafing of 2nd Lt. William C. Sharp, a member of CACW. Near Suchow (Suzhou), China, during WWII. See other image of this train here. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.