airbase--

Mined runway at Liuzhou, Guangxi province, in the CBI after the Japanese retreat after Ichigo.

The runway at Liuzhou, Guangxi province, in the CBI, after the Japanese retreat with Ichigo.

A disassembled Japanese mine dug up at Liuzhou, Guangxi province, in the CBI.

A building on fire at an American base, China, during WWII. Most likely during the retreat in the face of Ichigo in 1944.

On an American air base either in Guangxi province (Liuzhou or Guilin), or in Hunan (Hengyang) during WWII.

Aerial view of airbase in the CBI during WWII.

The facilities at the Hengyang airbase burn as the allies retreat in the face of the Japanese advance in the fall of 1944.

Men carrying gourds in Guilin, near the American air base, with karst mountains and B-25 bombers in the background. During WWII.

Overview of the American airbase at Yangkai (Yangjie) during WWII. Frank Bates notes, "Looking west across the valley. The newest planes' tail numbers are 336 & 340 and piloted by Alexander & Brillhart. Yangkai Army Air Base, China, early 1944." The 22nd and 491st Bombardment Squadrons arrived in January 1944 and shared the base with the 373rd Bomb Squadron (B-24s)...

Gas wagon on the hardstand near the main strip, Liuzhou, June 1944.