308th Bombardment Group

S/Sgt. Boleslaw A. Skurnowicz and a Chinese soldier at Kunming, China, during WWII. (Thanks to S. Skurnowicz for image and info!)

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...

Radio operation T/Sgt. Boleslaw A. Skurnowicz as member of crew of B-24 during training stateside. Boleslaw A. "Benny" Skurnowicz was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania in 1921. He was one of six children of Polish immigrant parents. Polish was spoken in the home and Benny learned to speak English in elementary school. His father, a coal miner, died from Miner’s Asthma...

Radar mechanics Jack Leonard and Charles Klaes play with rickshaw in Kunming, Yunnan, China. During WWII.

Radar mechanics Charles Klaes and Ashod Janigian among bustling crowds in Kunming, Yunnan, China. During WWII.

Radar mechanic "Ash" (Ashod, likely Ashod Janigian) near Chenggong air base, Yunnan, China. During WWII.

Radar mechanic Tom Cook near Chenggong air base, Yunnan, China. During WWII. .

B-24s in flight near Kunming, China, during WWII, including the B-24 "Ubangi Bag II," #241168.

Chinese guard and guard shack, at Kunming, Yunnan, China. During WWII.

B-24 "BUZZ-Z BUGGY," in the CBI during WWII. "B-24s in my squadron."