1945

3rd Bomb Squadron's B-25J "Smilin' Jack" (named after the popular 3rd Bomb Squadron commander, Maj. Jack M. Hamilton, thence “Smilin’ Jack”). This B-25, A/C #714, serial #43-27809, was taking off from Liangshan on mission #112A to bomb and strafe railroad yards at Loyang when the pilot lost control and crashed just to the side of the runway. 3nd Bomb Squadron...

"Print Stripping" at photo lab of the 24th Mapping Squadron--laying out related photographic prints as they were photographed on the negatives. February 12, 1945.

Flight "A" of 24th Mapping Squadron at APO 690, Gushkara, India. March 1945. With B-24/F-7. John Wolfshorndl in back row, fourth from the right.

Camera port of F-7A/B-24 "The Flying Anvil," on February 22, 1945. 24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 8th Photo Reconnaissance Group, 10th Air Force.

Carlisle Shepard posing with pistol at Chanyi (Zhanyi), Yunnan, China, during WWII, in February, 1945.

Medal presentation ceremony with B-24/F-7 flyover on February 17, 1945, in Gushkara, India.

Personnel of the 9th Bombardment Squadron, 7th Bombardment Group, 10th Air Force, pose covering a B-24 bomber in 1945, during WWII.

ATC flyers bridge collapse and Elephant tow on R&R to the "Assam jungle, Burma," during February 1945. People in images: Richard "Dick" Harris F/O Bill Carpenter F/O Harry Berd Local elephant handler

ATC flyers on R&R to the "Assam jungle, Burma," during February 1945. Middle image, left to right: Richard "Dick" Harris F/O Bill Carpenter F/O Harry Berd

ATC flyers Lt. Bob Boswell and Richard Harris pose in fake prop airplane wall in India, during WWII, in August 1945.