1944

'Third page of Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) for Warren J. Christensen, a P-40 pilot with the 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron who disappeared on a flight from India to China on June 12, 1944.(Courtesy of Chris Davis)For more about Warren J. Christensen, please click here --------------Do have more information regarding this item? Please contact pat@rshonor.org, or us the \'Provide Info\'...

'Second page of Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) for Warren J. Christensen, a P-40 pilot with the 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron who disappeared on a flight from India to China on June 12, 1944.(Courtesy of Chris Davis)For more about Warren J. Christensen, please click here --------------Do have more information regarding this item? Please contact pat@rshonor.org, or us the \'Provide Info\'...

'First page of Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) for Warren J. Christensen, a P-40 pilot with the 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron who disappeared on a flight from India to China on June 12, 1944.(Courtesy of Chris Davis)For more about Warren J. Christensen, please click here --------------Do have more information regarding this item? Please contact pat@rshonor.org, or us the \'Provide Info\'...

After returning to Liuzhou (Liuchow), China, Capt. Robert C. Pettingell, 491st Bomb Squadron Flight Leader, poses next to some of the damage received by the B-25J he was flying on a mission against White Cloud airfield near Canton in the spring of 1944. (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)

Crewmembers of the 491st Bombardment Squadron pose before a B-25J at Yangkai AB, China, probably taken in early 1944. Front: T/Sgt Ronald W. Hirtle (radio), S/Sgt Chester R. Bigelow (?) (armorer), T/Sgt David E. Murphy (engineer) Back: Capt. George L. Velan (bombardier), Lt. Douglas H. Gassett (pilot)

491st Bombardment Squadron crew stands before a B-25J at Yangkai AB, China in summer of 1944. Left to right; back row: Lt. Walter P. Guest (cp), Capt Albert V. Toney (p), Lt Albert A. Barling, Jr. (n), Lt. Curtis A. Siria [Curtis H Siria?] (b) front row: S/Sgt Ernest J. Ross (EG), T/Sgt Oliver D. Swanson (RG), S/Sgt Joe D...

Gen. Claire Chennault, Commander of 14th Air Force made a "surprise" visit to Yangkai in February 1944 to brief the flight leaders on a new bombing technique. Here he stands with officers of the 341st Bombardment Group (BmGrp), 11th, 22nd and 491st Bomb Squadrons. From left; Col. Caleb Haynes(?), Maj Edison Weatherly (22nd C.O.), Maj. James Callaway (491st CO), B.Gen...

Early morning at Yankai Air Base, China. Aircrew, in flight jackets, and maintenance personnel of the the 491st Bomb Squadron prepare for a mission. This is probably a newly arrived aircraft, because the B-25D, no mission symbols are displayed below the pilot's window. Photo was probably taken in the spring of 1944. (Information courtesy of Tony Strotman)

Hal Geer working with a movie camera in the CBI. Upon seeing this image in 2008, Hal responded: "This picture is a total surprise. The camera is a Wahl single system sound camera that arrived in China late in 1944. The sound amplifier is not along side it, so I assume I was just shooting some test footage. The camera...

S/Sgt Anthony DeLuceney operating the camera, 1st Lt Lloyd D. Wiler, sound man, in front of the camera. The case in front of Wiler contains the amplifier for the sound recorder in the camera (it was a variable area sound system.) Capt Howard Pennebaker in back of the camera. Pennebaker was originally the Unit Adjutant until spring of 45, then...