THE BANSHEES: (10TH AF) Pilots of the 80th Fighter Group’s 89th and 90th Fighter Squadrons, the “Burma Banshee,” are seen with a line-up of their Curtiss P-40N Warhawk fighters in India’s northeastern Assam Valley. The large white skull makings that gave the 80th Fighter Group...
JUNGLE LIGHTNING: (10TH AF) A Lockheed P-38 Lighting fighter of the 459th Fighter Squadron is seen being serviced on a jungle airstrip in India’s northeastern Asssam Valley. At the time the photo was taken, the 459th was assigned to the 10th Air Force’s 80th Fighter Group, the “Burma...
THE BURMA BRIDGE BUSTERS: (10TH AIR FORCE) A colorized photo of a North American B-25J medium bomber of th 341st Bomb Group’s 490th Bomb Squadron, “The Burma Bridge Busters,” being fueled-up on a North Eastern Indian airfield. Radio operator Arnold Spielberg, who is a founding...
DINJAN KITTYHAWK (10TH AIR FORCE) Ground Crew members of the 51st Fighter Group’s 26th Fighter Squadron are seen with one of the unit’s Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawks at Dinjan in eastern India’s Assam Valley. At his point in the War, the 26th Fighter Squadron was operating from the Assam...
LIEUTENANT ADAIR AND LULU BELLE: (10TH AIR FORCE) 1st. Lieutenant Philip Adair of the 80th Fighter Group’s 89th Fighter Squadron is caught by a photographer from “Life” magazine while stepping down from his Curtiss P-40N Warhawk fighter, “Lulu Belle.” The large, white...
A COLORFUL BURMA BANSHEE: (10th AIR FORCE) A terrific colorization of a Curtiss P-40N Warhawk of the 80th Fighter Group’s 89th Fighter Squadron at Dinjian in India’s northeastern Assam Valley, shows to good effect, the white skull markings that were worn by the 80th Fighter Group’s...
The Chinese and American people share a common heritage that was forged in the skies above China during the Second World War.
