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Curtiss P-40 "Warhawk" Fighter












P-40's of the American Volunteer Group Flying Tiger's Hell's Angels squadron









P-40 preserved for history









Douglas C-47 "Skytrain" Transport









C-47 of the China National Aviation Corporation









C-47 Skytrain over The Hump to China









General Stilwell catches a nap aboard his C-47 "Magic Carpet"









Consolidated B-24 "Liberator" Heavy Bomber









B-24 "Hump Time" features plenty of nose art









C-87 "Liberator Express" cargo version of the B-24









C-109 "Liberator Express Tanker" version of the B-24









Curtiss C-46 "Commando" Transport









C-46 crosses The Hump to China









Color photo shows camouflage paint of the C-46









Chinese personnel unloading a Combat Cargo C-46 at Kunming, China









North American P-51 "Mustang" Fighter









P-51 Mustangs of the Chinese Air Force











P-51 in the CBI Theater











North American B-25 "Mitchell" Medium Bomber









Colorful B-25









Guns bristling from the nose of a B-25 of the Burma Bridge Busters









Lockheed P-38 "Lightning" Heavy Fighter









Ground crew of the 459th Fighter Squadron, the "Twin Dragon Squadron"
working on a P-38 at an air base in Chittagong, India in January of 1945













Stinson L-5 "Sentinel" Liason/Observation Plane












L-5 over the jungles of Burma











Douglas C-54 "Skymaster" Transport









C-54 silver plate (without paint)









C-54 arriving in Kunming, China














C-54 "Magic Carpet" of The Air Transport Command
















C-54 headed from New York to China is serviced at Newfoundland











Boeing B-29 "Superfortress" Heavy Bomber









B-29 crosses The Hump from India to China











Most B-29's were unpainted, saving 60 lbs. of weight









CBI B-29 "OLD-BITCH-U-AIRY BESS" being serviced engines running

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