C-46

Fifty states-bound Chinese interpreting officers waving goodbye as the get ready to board the plane at Kunming airport. They will be interpreters for the Chinese air cadets training in U. S. A. Photo by T/5 Thomas F. Melvin Some background can also found at: http://www.zakkeith.com/articles,blogs,forums/fab-100-foreign-affairs-b…​​​​​​​

The gate of an airbase in Yunnan province, China, with a C-46 transport showing. During WWII.

American C-46s and P-38s at a base in the CBI.

Lt. David Firman and line maintenance crew, with a C-46 transport plane. In the CBI during WWII.

The C-46 transport "Itchy Pussy" hard on the ground in the CBI.

A C-46 on a runway in the CBI. Interestingly, a censor has scratched out the mountains in the background.

A C-46 lands in Yunnan province, flying in over the carcass of another C-46.

C-46 transport #260975 in the CBI, at "Airfield Y," in 1944.

An indicator panel next to the door of a C-46 or C-47 transport's cargo door, used to coordinate air dropping of supplies. From the U.S. Government sources.

Maj. William H. Makepeace, left, G-3, Y-FOS (Y-Force Operations Staff), and Capt. Shao Lien watch Chinese troops of the Chinese Fifth Army Group board a plane at the Kunming Airport during a troop movement by air. Kunming, China, 9/69/44 Signal Corps Photo #CBI-44-29885 (Pvt. Frank Zervoulis), from 164 Sign Photo Co.