Image of a very odd explosion near Tengch0ng--out in the middle of a rice paddy. What this a bomb blast or an aircraft crash? Image taken from B-25 Mitchell bombers during battle with Japanese ground forces, flying near Tengchung (Tengchong), near the China-Burma border in far SW China.

B-25 Mitchell bombers fly in the CBI, probably over SW China or Burma, during WWII.

Yangzonghai lake (阳宗海) to the east of Kunming, near the U.S. Camp Schiel rest station.

Aircrew members of the 491st Bomb Squadron pose for photo with the "Wabash Cannonball", a B-25H, at Yankgkai, Airbase, China, circa 1944. Left to right; front row - S/Sgt Walter S. Faulkner (engineer-gunner), T/Sgt Ramond L. Koenig (radio), T/Sgt Kenneth E. Norris (radio), S/Sgt Leo J. Flanagan (armorer); rear - Capt. Paul L. Ley (pilot), Capt Frank O. Cullen (pilot)...

Impoverished kid sitting creekside in China during WWII.

Local people in China: A farmer cutting straw in Yunnan, China, during WWII.

Nose are from B-25 #448 "Rhode Island Red". From the collection of Wozniak, combat photographer for the 491st Bomb Squadron, in the CBI.

Local people in China: An elderly woman works in the farm fields during WWII.