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The “Remembering Shared Honor” (RSH) project sets out to collect and preserve oral histories related to Chinese and American cooperation during the Second World War in the China-Burma-India(CBI) theater of war.
This historical archive has a total of 7,073 entries.
China-- Each U.S. Air Force is divided into Wings. Wings consist of several groups. They in turn are subdivided into Fighter Squadrons and Bombardment Squadrons. The Chinese American Composite Wing (CACW) of Maj. Gen. C. L. Chennault's (with helmet and brief case) 14th Air Force is the only one of its kind in the world. Brig. Gen. W.C. Morse (hands...
Chinese American Composite Wing (CACW) --"CHINESE AIRMEN GET AMERICAN TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT." The photographer must have laid on his back to get this photo of the Chinese and American crew loading bombs into the rack of a B-25 Mitchell medium bomber. During WWII in China. Images courtesy of Tony Strotman.
Chinese American Composite Wing (CACW)--2nd Bomb Squadron, B-25J #607, had a main gear tire blow out on take off. The pilot managed to complete the takeoff but had to perform a wheels up landing. In 1944, probably at Hanchung, China. In China during WWII. By the 16Th Combat Camera Unit. Images courtesy of Tony Strotman (extra on-image annotations by Tony...
Chinese American Composite Wing (CACW)-- B-25H #43-4903 after bombing Wuhu. Original image identifying information (upper right corner) identifies it as assigned to 2nd Bomb Squadron of 1st Bomb Group, mission #193, photo #15, taken on March 11, 1945 at 1325 hours. Location 32-19 N latitude. and 114-05 E longitude with Wuhu in the background. In China during WWII. Images courtesy...
Pat O'Brien and Jinx Falkenburg look over a B-25 of the Chinese-American Composite Wing (CACW) at Liuzhou (Liuchow), China, during a tour of the China-Burma-India Theater (CBI) of Operations with a camp show. In the background coolies pull up carts loaded with gasoline drums. 11-2-1944 Signal Corps Photo #CHI-44-50435 (Dillard)
Sgt. Andrew R. Allegretto chats with Chinese airmen, with a B-25 in the background. Sgt. Allegretto received the Air Medal for flying on a hazardous mission as part of the "Spray and Pray Squadron," part of CACW. Andrew Ralph Allegretto in CBI arrived aboard MISSION BAY. He volunteered for some of the squadron’s most perilous missions. ALLEGRETTO, Andrew Ralph ("Swifty"...
1st Lt. Robert L. Logan stands at attention as ta Chinese Air Force staff officer adjusts his new Chinese Air Force Wings. Lt. Logan received his wings based on his service in CACW, as a leader of the "Spray and Pray Squadron."
