61st Air Service Group

S. S. Marine Adder, which carried CBI troops home to the US after WWII.

Captain Brignow, our Dentist. Mr. Clarkson, Red Cross Rep. Captain Wilson Porch. Shamshernagar Air Base, India, June 1945.

"Look at that Mustache." Captain Wilson Porch aside plane (a C-64) marked with the Burmese mythical Chinthe. Shamshernagar Air Base, India, June 1945.

Captain Wilson Porch & monkey outside of the Officers Club Mess hall. Shamshernagar Air Base India, June 1945.

Captain Wilson P. Porch. Served in CBI Theater as Technical Inspector for Aircraft, 61st Air Service Group, for several years. He was already reserve officer (Second Lieutenant) in the infantry (ASN O-411880) at Camp Blanding in Florida when war broke out. Things moved quickly for him, and by December 10, 1941, newspapers had already included him in lists of those...

Captain Wilson Porch: Shamshernagar Air Base, India, May 1945 - "My Jeep and I" Image provided by Frank Cabral.

Officers of the 61st Air Service Group, 10th Army Air Force, Shamshernagar Air Base, India, August 1945. This is a scanned photo from the small collection of photos taken during by my grandfather, Wilson Pardee Porch, from his time spent in India during the Second World War. Capt. Porch is back row all (include all officers that are standing) 10th...

The horrific results of a crash of an aircraft built on the B-24 air frame somewhere in the CBI.

A C-54 transport in the CBI, tail number #49008.

A C-54 transport in the CBI, tail number #317170.