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B-24s Burma Queen And Krachy Kourier On Bombing Mission

B-24s bombing Sinshih, 8.6.1944.  Consolidated B-24J-25-CO Liberator "Burma Queen" (308th BG 425th BS; #42-73253).  Consolidated B-24J-35-CO Liberator "Krachy Kourier" (308th BG 425th BS; #42-73318).

B-24s bombing Sinshih, an important Japanese supply in the Hunan campaign of the time. 8.6.1944. With P-51 and P-40 fighter escorts.

Consolidated B-24J-35-CO Liberator "Krachy Kourier" (308th BG 425th BS; #42-73318).

Consolidated B-24J-25-CO Liberator "Burma Queen" (308th BG 425th BS; #42-73253).

In China, on one mission a bomber crew would "borrow" "Burma Queen" for a mission and were eventually forced to bail out, losing the plane, all crew surviving without serious injury.

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