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Wrecked B-25 Mitchell bomber on the ground in the CBI. The wreck was apparently at an air base, and probably on take-off, as the craft is sprayed with fire-retardant foam, and bombs are scattered about the wreck site. During WWII.
Wrecked B-25 Mitchell bomber on the ground in the CBI. The wreck was apparently at an air base, and probably on take-off, as the craft is sprayed with fire-retardant foam, and bombs are scattered about the wreck site. During WWII.
Wrecked B-25 Mitchell bomber on the ground in the CBI. The wreck was apparently at an air base, and probably on take-off, as the craft is sprayed with fire-retardant foam, and bombs are scattered about the wreck site. During WWII.
Wrecked B-25 Mitchell bomber on the ground in the CBI. The wreck was apparently at an air base, and probably on take-off, as the craft is sprayed with fire-retardant foam, and bombs are scattered about the wreck site. During WWII.
Wrecked B-25 Mitchell bomber on the ground in the CBI. The wreck was apparently at an air base, and probably on take-off, as the craft is sprayed with fire-retardant foam, and bombs are scattered about the wreck site. During WWII.
Wrecked B-25 Mitchell bomber on the ground in the CBI. The wreck was apparently at an air base, and probably on take-off, as the craft is sprayed with fire-retardant foam, and bombs are scattered about the wreck site. During WWII.
Personnel collect up some errant bombs that are strangely scattered in the grass near the base. During WWII.
African-American serviceman putting the M-14 in the igniter of a M-76 500-pound incendiary bomb in China during WWII. 2nd AAF Combat Camera Detachment, APO #493.
An African-American serviceman inserts the M-5 igniter into the burster well of the a M-76 500-pound incendiary bomb, making certain that the pipe lugs of the igniter are to the rear. China. 2nd AAF Combat Camera Detachment, APO #493.
An exclusively African-American crew uncrates and prepares M47 A2 chemical incendiary bombs for use on on a 20th Bomber Command Boeing B-29 raid. China, during WWII.