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[Staff Sergeant Joseph Lopez refueling Douglas C-47 Skytrain] (Item)

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…

[Students looking at Douglas C-47 Skytrain] (Item)

Photograph of students of Le Ecole St. Jean de Arc looking at a U.S. Army Air Forces Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft, Lunghwa Airdrome, China, circa 1940s. The aircraft's designation, "My Little Tike," is painted on the nose.Typed on verso: "From: Public Relations Office, Fourteenth Air Force. Code: 11020805, Release Upon Receipt, cleared Goldberg USF CT. Fourteenth Air Force Headquarters, Shanghai…

[Servicemen stenciling "SHAD" (Shanghai Air Depot) onto bumper of military jeep] (Item)

Photograph of two servicemen stenciling "SHAD" (Shanghai Air Depot) onto the bumper of a military jeep, China, circa 1940s. Inscription on verso: "'SHAD' - Means this jeep belongs to Shanghai Air Dept. [Chinese characters]."

[Workers spreading gravel, sand, and rock over disintegrating road at Kiangwan Airfield] (Item)

Photograph of workers spreading gravel, sand, and rock over a disintegrating road at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.Caption on verso: "Broken rock and heavy sand and gravel are spread over disintergrating [disintegrating] Jap-built roadways at Kiangwan Airfield. Heavy rain have churned the road used at the airfield by the United States Army Air Forces at Kiangwan into quagmires and are now…

[Sergeant Herbert N. Shatzer instructing Chinese Air Force students on sheet metal work] (Item)

Photograph of Sergeant Herbert N. Shatzer, U.S. Army Air Forces, instructing Chinese Air Force students on sheet metal work, Shanghai Air Depot, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Headquarters Army Air Forces, Shanghai: Students of the 2nd Chinese Air Serve [Service] Group receive instructions in sheet metal work from Sgt. Herbert N. Shatzer of the AAF. Training is part of program for Chinese…

[Corporal Elvin Robinson using cut-away aircraft engine model to instruct Chinese Air Force students] (Item)

Photograph of Corporal Elvin Robinson, U.S. Army Air Forces, using a cut-away aircraft engine model to instruct Chinese Air Force students, Shanghai Air Depot, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Headquarters Army Air Forces, Shanghai: Corporal Elvin Robinson of the 14th Repair Squadron, Shanghai Air Depot instructs Chinese Air Forces students using a cut-away aircraft engine model as an…

[Staff Sergeant Alvin Mawson instructing Chinese Air Force students in instrument shop trailer] (Item)

Photograph of Staff Sergeant Alvin Mawson, U.S. Army Air Forces, instructing Chinese Air Force students in the instrument shop trailer, Shanghai Air Depot, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Headquarters Army Air Forces, Shanghai: S/Sgt. Alvin Mawson (center) of the AAF instructing students of the Chinese Air Force in the instrument shop trailer. (Official USAAF Photo)."Stamped on verso: "Made by…

[Corporal Robert R. Hix instructing Chinese Air Force students in aircraft electrical systems] (Item)

Photograph of Corporal Robert R. Hix, U.S. Army Air Forces, instructing Chinese Air Force students in aircraft electrical systems, Shanghai Air Depot, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Headquarters Army Air Forces, Shanghai: Corporal Robert R. Hix of the Shanghai Air Depot instructs a group of Chinese Air Force students in the electrical systems of aircraft. (Official USAAF Photo)."Stamped on…

[Corporal Robert L. Gabig assessing muddy terrain at Kiangwan Airfield] (Item)

Photograph of Corporal Robert L. Gabig, U.S. Army Air Forces, assessing muddy terrain at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Corporal Robert L. Gabig of the U. S. Army Air Forces surveys the quagmire that leads to Base Headquarters at Kiangwan Airfield and wonders whether to back up or splash on ahead. Jap-built roads at the airfield have disintegrated into mud wallows under the…

[Corporal John E. Tobolski rescuing Red Cross secretary Valerie Borodin from jeep stuck in mud] (Item)

Photograph of Corporal John E. Tobolski, U.S. Army Air Forces, rescuing Red Cross secretary Valerie Borodin from a jeep stuck in the mud, Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s.Typed on verso: "Chivalry is not dead among American GIs. Corporal John E. Tobolski, U. S. AAF, plows through the mud to rescue Miss Valerie Borodin, 181 Avenue Dubail, from a jeep bogged in a mud-hole at Kiangwan Airfield.…

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