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Bond

The "Skull & Wings" insignia on plane's side near the nose indicates this parked B-25J Mitchell is assigned to 490th Bomb Squadron, 341st Bomb Group. The 490th had stayed in India, attached to Tenth Air Force, when 341st BG moved from to China in January 1944. With aerial combat finished in Burma, the 490th BS (attached to 312 Fighter Wing)...
A train being loaded by hand in India during WWII.
A building in India during WWII. Photo from Frank Bond.
Frank Bond of the 40th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron squeezes through a small door in a massive gate of a Hindu temple in Madras, India, during WWII. Photo from Glenn S. Hensley.
Frank Bond examines discarded "invasion currency" on a Rangoon, Burma, street near Bank of India, where it had been dumped during evacuation. Spring 1945. See alternative image here.
Boat on river in India during WWII. In the CBI. Photo by Frank A. Bond.
Rickshaws lined up awaiting evening trade in India or Burma during WWII. Photo from A. Frank Bond.
An American technical sergeant "Fred S. Bond" poses for the camera in the CBI during WWII. "M & M. A. S., 21st Photo Recon Unit."