TO INDIA AND BACK IN 10 DAYS PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHS BY THOMAS McAVOY Scroll down or click any image to continue |
FIRE BALL EXPRESSThe June 5, 1944 issue of LIFE magazine featured a pictorial entitled TO INDIA AND BACK IN 10 DAYS. It chronicled the 26,000 mile trip of the FIRE BALL EXPRESS, a U.S. Army Air Corps transport flying urgently needed supplies on the established route from Miami, Florida to Chabua, India. Below are the 30 original photographs used in the pictorial, all taken by LIFE photographer Thomas McAvoy (left). and now part of the LIFE Photo Collection at Google Arts & Culture. Captions are from the pictorial. |
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