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[Aircraft at Camp Sibert, Alabama]
Photograph of two Douglas A-24 Dauntless aircraft (tail numbers 115748 and 26083[?]) and three Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft at Camp Sibert, Alabama, May 1944. Typed caption: "Camp Sibert, Ala., May 1944."
[Douglas C-47 Skytrain landing at airfield]
Photograph of a Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft landing at an airfield, circa 1940s. Inscription on verso: "Natural [illegible]."
[Douglas C-47 Skytrain]
Photograph of a Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft parked at an airfield, circa 1941-1942. The aircraft's designation, "Fujiama Foo Foo," is written under the cockpit window, and a shark face is painted on the nose.
[Airplanes at Camp Sibert]
Photograph of a several United States military aircraft, including a Curtiss A-25A Shrike (tail number 118866), two Curtiss P-40 Warhawks (visible tail number 2106081), two North American B-25C Mitchells (visible tail number 287413, designation "Ice Cold Katy"), a Douglas A-20C Havoc (tail number 13008), and a Douglas C-47 Skytrain, parked at Camp Sibert, Alabama, May 1944. Ground crews work on…
[Servicemen loading horse onto Douglas C-47 Skytrain]
Photograph of unidentified servicemen loading a horse onto a U.S. Army Air Forces Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft, likely in the China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s. Stamped on verso: "Confidential."
[Chinese servicemen raising their hats next to Douglas C-47 Skytrain]
Photograph of Chinese servicemen raising their hats next to a U.S. Army Air Forces Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft, circa 1940s.
[Servicemen loading packhorse onto Douglas C-47 Skytrain]
Photograph of a group of servicemen loading a packhorse onto a U.S. Army Air Forces Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft, circa 1940s. Stamped on verso: "Confidential."
[Staff Sergeant Joseph Lopez refueling Douglas C-47 Skytrain]
Photograph of Staff Sergeant Joseph Lopez refueling a Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft (nose number 3762) while Sergeant Tom Barr and other U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen look on, Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s. Typed on verso: "Refueling planes at Kiangwan Air Base are the men of the Refueling Section of Shanghai Air Dept. Maintenance Section, US Army Air Forces. Here S/Sgt. Joseph Lopez…
[Nose art painted on Douglas C-47 Skytrain "Jimmy Doris"]
Photograph of nose art painted on "Jimmy Doris," a U.S. Army Air Forces Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft, China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s. The nose art depicts the characters Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae from Al Capp's comic strip "Li'l Abner." Typed on verso: "Headquarters Army Air Forces, Shanghai: 'Li'l Abner' and 'Daisy Mae', popular American comic strip characters originated by Al Capp,…
[Chinese servicemen boarding Douglas C-47 Skytrain]
Photograph of Chinese servicemen boarding a U.S. Army Air Forces Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft (tail number 316171) at an unidentified airfield, circa 1945. Conflicting information on verso gives the location as China or Burma. Typed on verso: "Hqs. Tenth Air Force, China -- Three days after the capitulation of the Japanese Tenth Air Force planes deployed the New Sixth Army from Chihkiang to…