Colonel William D. Hopson and crew with their shark-teeth painted B-24; kissing the plane. At Palm Beach, Florida, after safe return to the US post-war. B-24 serial #44-51040. Painted under the nose window, "Maj. Dick Young," which may refer to Richard B. Young, who was in the original cadre, navigator of #42-40062 "FIVE BY FIVE." (Thanks metteor51.)
Image(s) from someone in the 14th AF HQ & HQ Squadron or 18th Photo Intelligence Detachment. These images were part of a fairly large subset among the images collected by the editors of Ex-CBI Roundup. This subset contains a wide range of images covering China and the region, as well as the trip home to the US after leaving the CBI at the end of the war.
See more background here.Colonel William D. Hopson and crew with their shark-teeth painted B-24; kissing the plane. At Palm Beach, Florida, after safe return to the US post-war. B-24 serial #44-51040. Painted under the nose window, "Maj. Dick Young," which may refer to Richard B. Young, who was in the original cadre, navigator of #42-40062 "FIVE BY FIVE." (Thanks metteor51.)