Bates

Looking toward the other side of Liuzhou on the boat bridge. Johnnie Burns is a couple of boats ahead, looking back. The barge is off to the left where the kids are swimming.

Johnson, Macaluso, Gornick, Lemmon pose with a crashed "Rum Runner" B-25 in Liuzhou June 1944. William "Wild Bill" Gornick completed his required 200 combat flying hours on "Rum Runner" as it crash landed following a mission against Tien Ho airbase. Bill assisted the maintenance personnel with salvaging all the useable parts they could until he left for the USA a...

American flyers and mechanics, ground support, etc. gather for a group photo before a Ringer Squadron B-25 Mitchell. Yangkai, May or June 1944?

Howard Mealey, Stengle on the B-25 "Rum Runner", tail number #445, Liuzhou, June 1944. The aircraft had crashed landed after returning from a mission and the men are in the process of salvaging all useable parts. (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)

Gas wagon on the hardstand near the main strip, Liuzhou, June 1944.

Johnson, Macaluso, Wild Bill Gornick, Lemmon pose with a crashed "Rum Runner" B-25 in Liuzhou June 1944. William "Wild Bill" Gornick completed his required 200 combat flying hours on "Rum Runner" as it crash landed following a mission against Tien Ho airbase. Bill assisted the maintenance personnel with salvaging all the useable parts they could until he left for the...

Walkway in a village, probably near Yangkai, China.

A carved wooden door panel in China. During WWII. From the collection of Frank Bates.

A carved wooden door panel in China. During WWII.

A B-25 gets work, most likely at Yangkai. During WWII.