Thank you for your patience as we rebuild our website! 2020-2024

396th Air Service Squadron

Chinese refugees evacuating from Guilin by train during the Japanese Ichigo campaign. During WWII.
"Our First Home In China--This is a picture of our engineering area at Kwelin [Guilin],China. This was our first stop after leaving Kunming in January 1944. We had crews on detached service on bases at Hengyang, Chickiang, Chanyi, Ankang, Luichow, Nanning and Tanchuck. We were proud of the work performed at Kwelin. We built eight P-40's from the scrap-yard and...
A large crowd along a river in China during WWII, gathered for some kind of communal activity. On the right is a dragon dance team, and numerous people hold banners and flags.
GIs in front of Huangguoshu Waterfall in Guizhou province, China, during WWII.
Men of the 12th Air Service Group in China goof for the camera: Left to right, Brantl, Wolfe, ? , ?
GIs in front of instrument shop tent in Liangshan, China: "Brantl, Wolfe, Hedges Taking A Break To Pose For A Picture In Front Of The Instrument Shop At Liangshan, China. Please Note The Spotless Uniforms In This Photo And All The Other Photos On This Web Site. First Class All The Way." Caption courtesy of Elmer Bukey."
An American armorer prepares a B-25. In China during WWII.
Clearing away part of B-24 destroyed by Japanese fragmentation bomb: "What One Small Fragmentation Bomb Could Do--This B-24 was hit with one small fragmentation bomb during one of the nightly air raids at Luichow [Liuzhou], China.This particular plane just happened to be a new B-24 that had never flown a mission. As bad as it looks it was not a...
12th Air Service Group convoy waiting to cross barge in China during WWII.