Liuzhou 柳州

"This Is A Group Of 396th Mechanics Changing A B-24 Engine At Luichow (Liuzhou), China."

T/Sgt William Gilbert Pierce was radio operator on B-24J #42-73315 assigned to the 10th Air Force, 7th Bombardment Group, 9th Bombardment Squadron. He and the remainder of the crew tragically lost on take off on August 14, 1944 from a Kurmitola, India, on the way to Liuzhou, China. See more on that event here. T/Sgt Pierce was from Coffey County...

2nd Lt. Marlin S. Savidge was co-pilot on B-24J #42-73315 assigned to the 10th Air Force, 7th Bombardment Group, 9th Bombardment Squadron. He and the remainder of the crew tragically lost on August 14, 1944 during take off from Kurmitola, India, on the way to Liuzhou, China. See more on that event here. Lt. Savidge was born on September 19...

1Lt Edward H. Karger was the navigator on B-24J #42-73315 assigned to the 10th Air Force, 7th Bombardment Group, 9th Bombardment Squadron. He and the remainder of the crew tragically lost on take off on August 14, 1944 from a Kurmitola, India, on the way to Liuzhou, China. See more on that event here. Edward graduated from the University of...

A B-25 Mitchell bomber parked in a revetment in southern China, at the American base at Liuzhou, during WWII.

A train overloaded with Chinese refugees in Guangxi province, probably in either Guilin, Liuzhou, or Nanning. This could have only been during the Japanese Ichigo campaign.

P-40 fuselage assembly room somewhere in China (likely Liuzhou). January 1, 1943. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

September 27, 1944 During WWII, arms and ammunition wait on the siding at Liuchow as the railhead is jammed with refugees fleeing the Japanese march on Kweilin (Guilin). Photo by Lt. N. J. Dain