Browse Items (20 total)

[Unidentified child standing next to bicycle]
Photograph of an unidentified child standing next to a bicycle, likely in the China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s.

[Unidentified aircraft interior with refrigerators and lab equipment]
Photograph of an unidentified aircraft interior with refrigerators and lab equipment, circa 1940s. This is possibly an image of the Douglas C-54 Skymaster aircraft (tail number 5559) used by the U.S. Army Air Forces Tropical Science Mission.

[Unidentified aircraft interior with lab tables and equipment]
Photograph of an unidentified aircraft interior with lab tables and equipment, circa 1940s. This is possibly an image of the Douglas C-54 Skymaster aircraft (tail number 5559) used by the U.S. Army Air Forces Tropical Science Mission.

[Supplies being airdropped to troops]
Photograph of supplies being airdropped to troops, China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s. Typed on verso: "Aerial supply to fighting units in isolated regions of Burma and China was an important task of the Troop Carrier planes. Food, ammunition and…

[Squadron emblem of 5th Liaison Squadron]
Photograph of the squadron emblem of the 5th Liaison Squadron (Jungle Angels), U.S. Army Air Forces, circa 1940s. The emblem features an anthropomorphic airplane looking through binoculars and dropping supplies.Inscription on verso: "Jungle Angels',…

[Squadron emblem for 490th Bombardment Squadron]
Photograph of the squadron emblem for the 490th Bombardment Squadron, known as the Burma Bridge Busters, circa 1940s.

[Pipeline under stone bridge]
Photograph of a pipeline under a stone bridge, likely in the China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s.

[Peter Gau wearing U.S. Army Air Forces jacket and holding baseball bat]
Photograph of twelve-year-old Peter Gau wearing a U.S. Army Air Forces jacket and holding a baseball bat, Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Demobilized - Twelve year old Peter Gau, 'honorary Captain', U. S. Army Air Forces, has…

[Modified military jeep driving through large puddle at Kiangwan Airfield]
Photograph of a modified military jeep driving through a large puddle at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.

[Modified military jeep at Kiangwan Airfield]
Photograph of a modified military jeep at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "American GIs of the Shanghai Air Depot employ typical Yank ingenuity in turning an open jeep into an enclosed two-door sedan to escape the rain and…
Output Formats

atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2