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[Private J. V. Piazza instructing Chinese Air Force students on aircraft engine maintenance] (Item)

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: Pfc J. V. Piazza (right) instructs Chinese Air Force students of the 2nd Chinese Air Service Group in aircraft engine maintenance at the Shanghai Air…

[Russian dancer performing for recently liberated Allied prisoners of war] (Item)

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 plane flew to Mukden, Manchuria, to evacuate Allied prisoners of war from Jap prison camps a photographer aboard the plane caught this photo of a…

[Modified military jeep at Kiangwan Airfield] (Item)

Photograph of a modified military jeep at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "American GIs of the Shanghai Air Depot employ typical Yank ingenuity in turning an open jeep into an enclosed two-door sedan to escape the rain and splashing mud during the recent month-long rainy spell at Kiangwan Airfield. U.S. Army Air Force Aviation Engineers, who during the war acquired the nack…

[U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen playing basketball] (Item)

Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces servicemen of the 381st Air Service Group and 530th Fighter Squadron playing basketball, China, circa 1940s. The caption on verso identifies the man shooting the basketball as Chuck Harris of the 381st.Typed on verso: "Headquarters Army Air Forces, Shanghai: -- 'Chuck' Harris scores for the 381st Air Service Group in a warm up game for coming GI basketball…

[Air Transport Command operations building at Luliang Air Base] (Item)

Photograph of the Air Transport Command operations building at Luliang Air Base, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Typical of the mpre [more] permanent AACS towers in China, this installation at Luliang, one of the first bases used by the famed 'Flying Tigers,' in their exploits which drove the Jap Oscars and Tojos from the China skies, controlled the flight and brought in safelt [safely] many…

[AACS control tower at Luliang Air Base] (Item)

Photograph of an AACS (Army Airways Communications System) control tower at Luliang Air Base, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "This is the AACS Control Tower at Luliang, near Chengtu. During the war this tower rendered efficient service in the airport which served as the home base of the 426th Night Fighter Squadron and the 312th Fighter Wing (West China Raiders), two US Army Air Forces…

[AACS direction finding installation in Changyi, China] (Item)

Photograph of an AACS (Army Airways Communications System) direction finding installation in Changyi, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Above is a Direction Finding Installation at Changyi, prefabricated in the United States and sent over 'The Hump' in parts. Installations like these helped the Army Airways Communications System in China to make the airways secure against faulty navigation.…

[Peter Gau wearing U.S. Army Air Forces jacket and holding baseball bat] (Item)

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 his last game of baseball at Kiangwan Airfield. He is eligible for redeployment and -- school."Stamped on verso: "Official Photograph. U.S. Army Air…

[Major General Albert F. Hegenberger receiving his second star from Brigadier General Aubry L. Moore] (Item)

Photograph of Major General Albert F. Hegenberger, U.S. Army Air Forces, receiving his second star from Brigadier General Aubry L. Moore at Tenth Air Force Headquarters in Kunming, China, circa 1945-1946. Includes a typed memorandum from Headquarters Army Air Forces, China Theater, to Air Forces Group, War Department Bureau of Public Relations, noting that photographs have been forwarded related…

[Armed servicemen standing guard outside Tenth Air Force compound near Kunming, China] (Item)

Photograph of armed servicemen standing guard outside a Tenth Air Force compound near Kunming, China, circa October 1945.Typed on verso: "HQ., Tenth Air Force, China---The war was over/months ago, but these soldiers of the Tenth Air Force, caught in the middle of a conflict in Kunming, Oct. 3 were still pulling guard duty, carrying weapons and blacking out at night. Firing between the Chinese…

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