Browse Items (246 total)
- Collection: William Orthman World War II Collection
[Peter Gau wearing U.S. Army Air Forces jacket and holding baseball bat]
![[Peter Gau wearing U.S. Army Air Forces jacket and holding baseball bat]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/dc03327084f35147d9052abc1653e904.jpg "[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…
[Pilot consulting documents while seated in Bell P-63A Kingcobra]
![[Pilot consulting documents while seated in Bell P-63A Kingcobra]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/b6ec9714b27f3422dd1f3dcca1b787f8.jpg "[Pilot consulting documents while seated in Bell P-63A Kingcobra]")
Photograph of a U.S. Army Air Forces pilot consulting documents while seated in a Bell P-63A Kingcobra aircraft (serial number 42-68935), October 11, 1944. Another serviceman stands on the aircraft's wing.Inscription: "430th AAFRTU (Sqd. B)…
[Pipeline under stone bridge]
![[Pipeline under stone bridge]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/500f7574ed1802ae86343e442e4d9916.jpg "[Pipeline under stone bridge]")
Photograph of a pipeline under a stone bridge, likely in the China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s.
[Private J. V. Piazza instructing Chinese Air Force students on aircraft engine maintenance]
![[Private J. V. Piazza instructing Chinese Air Force students on aircraft engine maintenance]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/2488878f030153e7c55686ad22f3e0b6.jpg "[Private J. V. Piazza instructing Chinese Air Force students on aircraft engine maintenance]")
Photograph of Private J. V. Piazza (right, back to camera), U.S. Army Air Forces, instructing Chinese Air Force students on aircraft engine maintenance, Shanghai Air Depot, China, circa 1940sTyped on verso: "Headquarters Army Air Forces, Shanghai:…
[Recently liberated prisoners at Shamshuipo internment camp]
![[Recently liberated prisoners at Shamshuipo internment camp]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/e3c3a552152449fda0e434f57857c66e.jpg "[Recently liberated prisoners at Shamshuipo internment camp]")
Photograph of recently liberated prisoners at the Shamshuipo internment camp, Kowloon, China, circa 1940s. Stamped on verso: "Passed for Publication. U.S. Army Press Censor. Emanuel Goldberg, [blank] Date. 61302. China Theater."
[Republic P-47 (F-47) Thunderbolt aircraft]
![[Republic P-47 (F-47) Thunderbolt aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/9d4f9f1bd9c21d02db579b1161a124d8.jpg "[Republic P-47 (F-47) Thunderbolt aircraft]")
Photograph of a U.S. Army Air Forces Republic P-47 (F-47) Thunderbolt aircraft parked at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.
Inscription on verso: "P-47 Fighter Plane at Kiangwan Airdrome. [Chinese characters]."
Typed on verso of duplicate image:…
[Roy Nelson and John Nelson performing the song 'White Christmas' during holiday gathering]
![[Roy Nelson and John Nelson performing the song 'White Christmas' during holiday gathering]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/25fe088d58e8e31fe1897383379cf535.jpg "[Roy Nelson and John Nelson performing the song 'White Christmas' during holiday gathering]")
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen Roy Nelson (left, playing saxophone) and John Nelson (right, playing clarinet) performing the song 'White Christmas' during a holiday gathering at the USAAF China Theater Headquarters, Shanghai, China,…
[Russian dancer performing for recently liberated Allied prisoners of war]
![[Russian dancer performing for recently liberated Allied prisoners of war]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/eb3b8223aa99d4c972859694a851bdda.jpg "[Russian dancer performing for recently liberated Allied prisoners of war]")
Photograph of a Russian dancer performing for a crowd of recently liberated Allied prisoners of war at an internment camp in Mukden (present day Shenyang), China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Hqs. Tenth Air Force, China--When a Tenth Air Force mercy…
[Sergeant Carl L. Lorsong instructing Chinese Air Force students in welding]
![[Sergeant Carl L. Lorsong instructing Chinese Air Force students in welding]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/eea25bfd261b08a0405765ea910f4566.jpg "[Sergeant Carl L. Lorsong instructing Chinese Air Force students in welding]")
Photograph of Sergeant Carl L. Lorsong instructing Chinese Air Force students in welding, Shanghai Air Depot, circa 1940s. Captain C. K. Liu, Chinese Air Force, and Captain Edward J. Agin, U.S. Army Air Forces, observe in the background.Typed on…
[Sergeant Gabe Avallone and Liu Chun-Hsieh eating meal at New Asia Hotel, China]
![[Sergeant Gabe Avallone and Liu Chun-Hsieh eating meal at New Asia Hotel, China]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/592771596d302e31d7a927ebceb16fa8.jpg "[Sergeant Gabe Avallone and Liu Chun-Hsieh eating meal at New Asia Hotel, China]")
Photograph of Sergeant Gabe Avallone and Liu Chun-Hsieh eating a meal at the New Asia Hotel, China, circa 1940s. The inscription notes that Avallone is serving as a temporary guardian for the child, who was orphaned during World War II.
Inscription…