[Soviet Air Force pilot shaking hands with Captain William Thompson]

Photograph of an unidentified Soviet Air Force pilot shaking hands with Captain William Thompson, U.S. Army Air Forces, in front of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft, Mukden (present-day Shenyang), China, circa 1940s.

Typed on verso: "Hqs. Tenth Air Force, China---A pilot of the Red Air Force and a pilot of the Tenth Air Force [handwritten addition: Capt. William Thompson] shake hands before the latter's plane at Mukden, Manchuria. The B-24, which brought emergency relief supplies to American POW's held at Mukden's Camp Hoten, returned to Hsian, China, with a load of released prisoners."

Stamped on verso: "Passed for Publication. U.S. Army Press Censor. James F. Chadwick, [blank] Date. 61308. China Theater. U.S. Army Air Force Photo."