damage

Boys of the 2005th Ordnance Maintenance Company, 28th Air Depot Group, sitting of the engine of a wrecked airplane, in Burma. During WWII. One is holding a puppy--their "mascot" named "Evan." John Schuhart sitting cross-legged with cigarette.

"Going Down!" During WWII. A Japanese ship sinks of the coast of China after bombing by American warplanes: "This freighter sank with skip bombing." During WWII.

The B-24 "China Clipper" in the CBI, showing damage to one engine.

The B-24 "China Clipper" showing damage to engine.

Bullet holes in the fuselage of the North American B-25 after a mission that ended in a forced landing on one wheel at its base in China. December 12, 1942. In the CBI during WWII. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

The horrific results of a crash of an aircraft built on the B-24 air frame somewhere in the CBI.

Clipped tail of C-47 transport #315810 in the CBI during WWII.

After returning to Liuzhou (Liuchow), China, Capt. Robert C. Pettingell, 491st Bomb Squadron Flight Leader, poses next to some of the damage received by the B-25J he was flying on a mission against White Cloud airfield near Canton in the spring of 1944. (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)

Bullet and fire damage to a battle tested B-25 in the CBI.

Aerial view of one of the runways at Guilin, Guangxi, China, during WWII. Notice bomb or demolition holes in runway. Image from U. S. Government official sources.