Shamshernagar

Officers quarters, Shamshernagar, India, during WWII. Photo from Harry Moock.

Captain Brignow, our Dentist. Mr. Clarkson, Red Cross Rep. Captain Wilson Porch. Shamshernagar Air Base, India, June 1945.

"Look at that Mustache." Captain Wilson Porch aside plane (a C-64) marked with the Burmese mythical Chinthe. Shamshernagar Air Base, India, June 1945.

Captain Wilson Porch & monkey outside of the Officers Club Mess hall. Shamshernagar Air Base India, June 1945.

Captain Wilson Porch: Shamshernagar Air Base, India, May 1945 - "My Jeep and I" Image provided by Frank Cabral.

Officers of the 61st Air Service Group, 10th Army Air Force, Shamshernagar Air Base, India, August 1945. This is a scanned photo from the small collection of photos taken during by my grandfather, Wilson Pardee Porch, from his time spent in India during the Second World War. Capt. Porch is back row all (include all officers that are standing) 10th...

Aircraft #43-4978, "88", at Shamshernagar, Assam, India, 1944. This combat veteran B-25H was assigned to the 434th Bomb Squadron, 12th Bomb Group. The 12th Bomb Group moved from the Mediterranean Theater to join the 10th Air Force in india in late March 1944. They flew missions against targets in Burma until the war ended. (information provided by Tony Strotman)

A C-64, tail number #35302, tipped into a ditch after a tornado on the flight line at Shamshernagar, Assam (India).

A small aircraft, a Stinson L-5 Sentinel, tail number #416889, flipped over after a tornado on the flight line at Shamsernasar, Assam. A C-64, tail number #35302, is tipped into a ditch behind it. (Thanks to jbarbaud for additional information!) From the collection of David Firman, 61st Air Service Group.

Officers of the 61st Air Service Group in Shamshernagar, India in August 1945, posing before the C-47 "Regina the Queen". 10 Army Air Force.