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A P-40 under maintenance by American and Chinese crews in Kunming, China. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Work at an American airbase in China, provided by the "Liberator Club." In the CBI during WWII.

Engine change crew work on a C-47 transport plane in the CBI. 330th Troop Carrier, 9th CC. 1945. Sergeant Arnold Wall in far back against the fuselage.

Fascinating photo of a crew working out in the open on a non-American aircraft somewhere in southern China. This is likely a Japanese Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate which the Chinese air force received after the war. The two people on the right should be Chinese, and the crew who are working at maintaining the aircraft near the engine are Japanese and...

An American aircraft mechanic doing maintenance sits astride a large aircraft engine. In the CBI during WWII.

Engineers unwrap and prep a new engine in the CBI during WWII.

Mechanic on truck engine, needed to keep a truck running in China (CBI) during WWII.

16th Combat Camera Unit filming Chinese workers injured in a fall while repairing roof of hostel building in southwest China during WWII.

CHINESE AIRMEN GET AMERICAN TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT, 29 January 1944. Communications is an important phase in the training of the Chinese American Composite Wing (CACW) . Here, on January 29, 1944, Lt. Kwang Chao-Li checks a defective radio receiver at a test bench in the hanger. Sgt. Anthony Puflia, Paterson, New Jersey, left, stands by to offer assistance while Sgt...

S/Sgt. Ed Toy of Chicago, Illinois, repairs instruments of Curtiss P-40s at an aircraft factory somewhere in China during WWII. The factory was fitted to rebuild P-40s for the American Volunteer Group (AVG) and the Chinese continued the same operations for the U.S. Air Force. January 1, 1943. Photo by 7th Photo Tech. Sqdn, provided courtesy of Tony Strotman.