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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…
Photograph of servicemen of the 1st Combat Cargo Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, sitting on the wing of a Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft (fuselage designation "The Great Snafu Fleet") at Kaitek Airstrip, Kowloon, China. The caption notes that the men served on the first mercy mission into Hong Kong. Individuals are identified in the caption on verso by rank, name, and home address. The second caption…