P-40

Elmer Bukey posing alongside a salvaged P-40 in the service area at Guilin. During WWII.

"This is a picture of one of the eight P-40's that was built from our salvage yard at Kwelin (Guilin) China. The planes had new engines installed and were tested and turned over to the fighter groups for combat service.To our knowledge all planes performed to everyone's satisfaction." Caption courtesy of Elmer Bukey.

Several P-40 fighters pass over the runway and begin a "break out" to land at Yangkai, Yunnan province. American B-25H bomber are visible in the foreground of this picture taken in the CBI. See related image here.

Images of escorting P-40 Warhawks with a painted shark's mouth somewhere over southern China, Indochina, or Burma during WWII, as taken from the tail gunner's window on a B-25 bomber. Close in is the P-40 nicknamed "Princess," tail number 155. Who is this man in the cockpit? This plane is likely of 75th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group.

"Don Barclay (seated in cockpit of P-40 fighter #42-9766), celebrated American artist, whose caricatures have appeared in nearly all the publications is now on a visit to Gen. Claire L. Chennault's 14th AAF. Barclay spent many hours with the 'China Blitzers' inhabitants of 'Sweat Hill.'"

The line crew working on a Curtiss P-40 in a hanger at Kunming, China. 15 September 1942. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

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.