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With application papers |
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Two bombers ready to drop their loads on the Japanese. |
B-25's over Hengyang, with smoke rising from a bombing by the Americans two days before. |
Brig. Gen. "Casey" Vincent, left, talks it over with Col. "Tex" Hill, ex-AVG pilot. |
Evasive action is taken by two B-25's to confuse enemy flak and Zeros after dropping their bombs. |
Returning P-40 pilots "buzz" the field and "peel off" as victory sign. In foreground another P-40. |
Heavily-armed Mitchells fly wing to wing on way to hit Jap positions. Co-pilot in rear ship looks over at camera. |
This unusual shot by Bryant shows six bombers all dumping their loads on Jap targets below. The two planes in the
foreground look uncomfortably close. In comparison with the size of the planes the bombs are very small, and not all
of them will reproduce on newsprint. The Japs discovered they are there.
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A close-up view of a B-25, bomb bay doors open, as two demolition bombs spin away towards Jap ammunition and supply dumps and troop concentrations below. |
B-25 formation flying over southeastern China en route to bomb the advancing Japanese ground forces. |
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