1st Lt. Frank "Mickey" Spillane and his Basic Flight Training students.
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Cadet Pilot Bob Thompson.
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Intrepid young 19 year old pilot in his C-47 flying machine over CBI.
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Myitkyina North Airfield. Base for the 9th Combat Cargo Squadron in Burma.
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The serpentine Irrawaddy River winds around Myitkyina East airstrip.
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Busy Kiangwan Airbase in Shanghai, China.
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A parking area with two C-54's nearest and two C-46's and a C-54 farther out.
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C-46 "Commando" parked between four B-24 "Liberator" Bombers.
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B-25 "Mitchell" Medium Bomber (like the ones used by Doolittle's Raiders).
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P-47 "Thunderbolt" Fighter at Myitkyina.
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C-46 Commando's at the ready at Peiping, China.
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Taking off into the wild gray yonder...
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Bob Thompson pilots C-46 flying in formation on trip back from Peiping.
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Chinese personnel unloading a Combat Cargo C-46 at Kunming, China.
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Terraced slopes beside the runway at Kunming.
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Non-camouflaged C-46A's arrived following Japanese surrender.
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C-46 Instrument Panel
Cockpit View
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The Great Wall of China from 8,000 feet flying east of Peiping.
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