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P-51

'Page one (of four) of the Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) #10093 indicating the loss of Henry E. Miehe, who went missing on an evacuation flight from Liuzhou to Luliang, on November 7, 1944, while flying a P-51. For more about Mr. Miehe, please click here If you have additional information regarding Mr. Miehe, please email pat@rshonor.org, or use the...
Henry E. Miehe, pointing to battle damage on his airplane. (Additional photo of Henry E. Miehe in India courtesy of Chris Davis) Henry E. Miehe, pointing to battle damage on his airplane. Lt. Miehe went missing on an evacuation flight from Liuzhou to Luliang, Yunnan province, China, on November 7, 1944, while flying a P-51. The Missing Air Crew Report...
An American GI being filmed in front of a P-51.
John C. "Pappy" Herbst, 23rd FG, and his P-51B "Tommy's Dad." (Thanks jbarbaud for the info update!) From the collection of Hal Geer.
Laborers in China pull a concrete roller at an airbase, with parked P-51 fighters in the background. This was likely in SW China. From the collection of Hal Geer.
Major General Claire L. Chennault (left ) and Brig. General Edgar E. Glenn inspect engine repair on a P-51 at an airfield, Kunming, China, 3 November 1944. These are most probably 26th Fighter Squadron P-51C Mustangs. Image by 16th Combat Camera Unit. (Info thanks to TexLonghorn & JBarbaud)
Elmer Bukey poses for a photo in front of a P-51 at Liangshan, China, during WWII.
"Here is a picture of Sgt. Miller and Sgt.Blumer's salvage vehicle at work picking up a P-51 that had to make a gear-up landing."
P-51s, L-6s, and other planes at the Liuzhou (Liuchow) air base during the summer or fall of 1945. The distinct karst mountains of the area are visible in the background. Photos taken by Robert F. Riese in or around Liuzhou city, Guangxi province, China, in 1945.
12th Air Service Group mechanics salvage a P-51 fighter in Guangxi, China, during WWII, cranking the aircraft up onto a flatbed truck.