C-47

Crew of the C-47 that landed by moonlight on a China road exactly as wide as the undercarriage, and nearly took off the next morning.

Ingenious bicycle created by L.t Raymon J. Sweezy, Jr., a pilot in a Troop Carrier Squadron of the 14th Air Force in the CBI. Lt. Sweezy used a regular GI bicycle and a motor salvaged at the evacuation of Guilin. Behind him, the body of an aircraft (probably a C-47) has been converted to storage or a workshop.

A C-47 transport plane flies over a damaged village, probably outside of Kunming, Yunnan province.

Some American aircraft mechanics and engineers of the Eng. Dept. of the 396th Air Service Squadron at Ankang, China, on September 13, 1945, during WWII, posing as a group before the partial shell on a C-47 cargo plane that is being used for parts: Top row: Gerdsen, Knecht, Jones, Bowen, Galpen, Szapella, Prock, Mehlenbacher Center row: Orona, N. Hoffman, Speer...

The 10th Air Force moves from Piardoba, India, to Liuzhou, China in the fall of 1945. Here materials are being loaded onto C-47 cargo planes for flying over the Hump into China. U.S. Gov image.

The 10th Air Force moves from Piardoba, India, to Liuzhou, China in the fall of 1945. Here materials are being loaded onto C-47 cargo planes for flying over the Hump into China. U.S. Gov image.

The 10th Air Force moves from Piardoba, India, to Liuzhou, China in the fall of 1945. Here materials are being unloaded from C-47 cargo planes after flying in over the Hump. U.S. Gov image.

The 10th Air Force moves from Piardoba, India, to Liuzhou, China in the fall of 1945. Here materials are being loaded onto C-47 cargo planes for flying over the Hump into China. U.S. Gov image.

Chinese troops retire to Bivouac in Burma to await other planes. Burma. December 10, 1944. 10th Air Force.

10 AF 10DEC44 G165-10 Chinese Troops march to plane in Burma during WWII. 10th Army Air Force.