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Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (玉龙雪山) with a capping of snow in Yunnan, China, in January as seen from passing American airplane during WWII. Farm fields and (possibly) rice paddies below.
Men from the 21st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron examine some photographs. In China, during WWII.
Before and during the bombing of a railroad bridge in China. Notice, in the before picture, the bomb craters to the left and to the right of the bridge. This was not the first time this bridge had been bombed. Veterans of the 491st, 22nd and 11th Bm Squadrons have told us that most often two or three months after...
Japanese occupied Changsha being bombed from the air in the CBI.
The countryside of China from the air in the CBI.
Aerial view of one of the runways at Guilin, Guangxi, China, during WWII. Notice bomb or demolition holes in runway. Image from U. S. Government official sources.
491st Bomb Squadron aerial bombing on small Chinese town during WWII.
A Mitchell B-25, tail number 444, flies away from a site just bombed in China or Indochina area.