1944

1St Lt. Lloyd D. Wiler, Sound Recorder at the amplifier of the Wahl camera. In the background, holding the microphone is T/Sgt Guy West. Guy was our Unit clerk in our early days. When I headed for Kweilin cover the action, Guy became the unit Sergeant Major. In the spring of 1945 He returned Stateside to the Signal Corps Photo...

August 2, 1944: No "A" card needed, but the difficulties of filing the cavernous gas tanks of a C-47 cargo plane make "stateside" rationing problems child's play. From US Government sources.

An American soldier with "Flanagan" (花纳根）on his jacket in the CBI. Notice the "491st Bomb Squadron daily status" on the wall behind him. This is a photo of Captain James Flanagan who was the operations officer of the 491st Bomb Squadron. This photo was taken probably at Yangkai Airbase in late 1944. Please see: http://www.usaaf-in-cbi.com/ for additional information. (Thanks to...

An 11th Bomb Squadron B-25J, #43-4387, in the preparation area at either Liuzhou or Guilin base, Guangxi province, China, in the fall of 1944. Photo was taken from the right side gunner position of another B-25. The propellers of '4387' are turning, so both aircraft are either returning from a mission or preparing to go on one. "Note the bombs...

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

Single page letter to Casey Vincent (68th Composite Wing, APO 430) from Gen. Chennault on October 26, 1944 discussing air strikes on Hong Kong. From the U.S. Government sources.

Page 2 of a letter to 'Dick' from 'Harry' talking about bombing and other air-attack missions. From the U.S. Government sources.

Page two of a letter from Chennault to Morse talking about the establishment of the CACW. From the U.S. Government sources.

Page one of a letter from Chennault to Morse talking about the establishment of the CACW. From the U.S. Government sources.

Sea sweep air mission map for December 1944, showing locations near or in China where attacks were made on Japanese targets by U. S. aircraft. From the U.S. Government sources.