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A Curtiss P-40 is being serviced by Sgts. Bloom, Dull, Yaranow, and Baker, while a Chinese soldier stands guard. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Chinese-American mechanics work on P-40 fighter of the 76ht Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, at Kunming, China, on November 20, 1942. These mechanics are: S/Sgt. Pak On Lee, S/Sgt. George Lunn, and S/Sgt. Phillip Pon. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

P-40 fuselage assembly room somewhere in China (likely Liuzhou). January 1, 1943. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Chinese ground crew work on an engine of a B-25 as part of the Chinese-American Overseas Training Unit program at Karachi Air Base, India. September 1943. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Chinese ground crews clean 50 cal. machine guns during WWII. Left to right: Sgts. Huang Wan-yi, Liu Hantao, and Toeng Tac-Han Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

A P-40 under maintenance by American and Chinese crews in Kunming, China. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Work at an American airbase in China, provided by the "Liberator Club." In the CBI during WWII.

Engine change crew work on a C-47 transport plane in the CBI. 330th Troop Carrier, 9th CC. 1945.

Fascinating photo of a crew working out in the open on a non-American aircraft somewhere in southern China. This is likely a Japanese Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate which the Chinese air force received after the war. The two people on the right should be Chinese, and the crew who are working at maintaining the aircraft near the engine are Japanese and...

An American aircraft mechanic doing maintenance sits astride a large aircraft engine. In the CBI during WWII.