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Organizing images on large panels on the floor at photo lab of the 24th Mapping Squadron--cutting and pasting numerous high-resolution aerial images together onto a board to create a wide view.

Aerial photographic compartment on F-7. 24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 8th Photo Reconnaissance Group, 10th Air Force. At Gushkara, India, 1945. These F-7 were in equipped with extra gas tank in place of the forward bomb bay on a B-24, and a converted aerial photo compartment in the back bomb bay, to map areas at 20,000 feet above terrain.

Film drying at photo lab of the 24th Mapping Squadron. June 10, 1944.

"Print Stripping" at photo lab of the 24th Mapping Squadron--laying out related photographic prints as they were photographed on the negatives. February 12, 1945.

"Mosaic laying" at photo lab of the 24th Mapping Squadron--cutting and pasting numerous high-resolution aerial images together onto a board to create a wide view. June 10, 1944.

Camera port of F-7A/B-24 "The Flying Anvil," on February 22, 1945. 24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 8th Photo Reconnaissance Group, 10th Air Force.

Major Gen. Charles B. Stone salutes during an award ceremony during a visit to Yangkai on the August 29, 1945. A photographer stands on the far right. Yangkai, APO 212, during WWII.

Photographic equipment stored at photo lab at Yangkai, APO 212, during WWII, likely in 1945.

Photo lab at Yangkai, APO 212, during WWII, likely in 1945.

Photo lab building at Yangkai, APO 212, during WWII, likely in 1945.