61st Air Service Group

Members of the 61st Air Service Group marching in review on June 21, 1944, at LAAF (Laguna Army Airfield).

A C-109 transport plane based on the B-24 air frame, serial number #44-48888.

Pancho's Virgin, a transport plane based on the B-24 air frame. In the CBI during WWII.

A closeup of nose art on a C-64 in the CBI. Serial #44-70539.

A B-17 in the CBI.

Aircraft #43-4978, "88", at Shamshernagar, Assam, India, 1944. This combat veteran B-25H was assigned to the 434th Bomb Squadron, 12th Bomb Group. The 12th Bomb Group moved from the Mediterranean Theater to join the 10th Air Force in india in late March 1944. They flew missions against targets in Burma until the war ended. (information provided by Tony Strotman)

Numerous P-51s lined at Assam, India, 1944, including serials #473932, and #415582.

Some men stand before the B-24 "Wham Bam! The Flying Tin Can" in the CBI, which was the aircraft David Firman flew into China, on, flying into Hsinching.

Men of the Aero-Repair Section, 61st Air Service Group, stand before a a B-25 in the CBI. "Note all the night missions on the plane." From the collection of David Firman, 61st Air Service Group.

A C-64, tail number #35302, tipped into a ditch after a tornado on the flight line at Shamshernagar, Assam (India).