Bukey

Photo of Elmer Bukey taken in Calcutta, India, in early 1944. Elmer Bukey was a member of the 396th Air Service Squadron, 12th Air Service Group, in the CBI during WWII, and spent much time in southwestern China, including very nervous and difficult days during the retreat in front of the Japanese Ichigo campaign during summer and fall of 1944...

P-51s in snow at the American base at Luliang in China during WWII.

American mechanics work on C-64 at a base in Guangxi, during WWII.

P-51 fighter at American base in Guangxi, China, during WWII.

B-25 bomber at American base in Guangxi, China, during WWII.

A B-29 bomber in the CBI during WWII.

The B-29 bomber "Jolly Roger" of the 58th Bomb Wing, 468th Bomb Group, in the CBI during WWII (info courtesy of shootski). The nose wheel door says, "Thru these portals pass the worlds fastest..."

B-29 bomber "Miss-A-Sip" in China.

The B-29 bomber "Mammy Yokum" in China during WWII. At one point this plane was piloted by Rolland Thomas Young, ASN #O684103, who was attached to 792nd Bombardment Squadron (H), 468th Bombardment Group, 58th Bombardment Wing, 20th Air Force on September 4, 1943, with rank of 2nd Lt. He was a captain in the Air National Guard (Indiana) after the...

A B-29 bomber in China during WWII.