[Shanghai Air Depot Fire Department]

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Title

[Shanghai Air Depot Fire Department]

Description

Photographic group portrait of the Shanghai Air Depot Fire Department posing with their fire truck in front of the operations towers at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s. Individuals are identified in the caption on verso.

Typed on verso: "New SHAD Fire Brigade. Pictured above are some of the GI's and civilians of the Shanghai Air Depot Fire Department. These men are of the 'Crash Crew' and are pictured before the Operations tower of Kiangwan Air Field. From left to right back row are: Mr. Reginald G. Watkins (Fire Inspector), S/Sgt. Toyvio Rosendahl, Fire Chief, (Spokane, Wn.), Pfc. Edgar E. Trauger, crash crew member (Perkasie, Pa.), Lt. Col. W. F. Bull, Fire Marshal, (Rutherford N.J.), crew members Pfc. Charles R. Wofford (Spartanburg, S.C.), Cpl. Hyde D. Jenkins, (Natchez, Mass.), and Cpl. J. D. Watts (Guthrie, Okla.). Fromt [Front] row from left to right are: Mr. Vladimor A. Epoff, (formerly of the Shanghai Fire Dept.), Cpl. Holland O. Alstatt, medic, (Denver, Col.), Crew members, Sgt. D. J. Mancuso (Joliet, Ill.), Pfc. William B. Gilmore, (Vernon, Texas), and Sgt. John H. Beaber, (Paris, Ohio). (SHAD Photo)."

Stamped on verso: "Made by U.S. Army Air Forces. Watch Your Credit."

Inscription on verso: "5 Feb. 1946."

Date

1940s circa

Bibliographic Citation

The William Orthman World War II Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

1991-07-17A_image_021_01
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