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Reference Material Needed

•  Introduction / My father's service
   Why this site was created

•  RESEARCHING VETERANS' MILITARY SERVICE

•  The CBI Patch Lives On!

•   FORMATION OF THE CBI
  History of the formation of the CBI & subcommands to include dates/places/commanders. Key document to the history of the CBI! (Adobe Acrobat document)

• Ex-CBI Roundup back issues needed!

• How You Can Help!

• UNKNOWN INSIGNIA (NEED ID!)  (Updated 9/5/2012)

CBI UNITS

 CBI & OTHER ARMY COMMANDS

 AIR TRANPORT UNITS

Ferrying Command; Air Transport Command; Air Cargo Resupply; Airways Detachements; ICWATC Stations; AAFBUs; CNAC

  COMBAT CARGO UNITS

 10th AF UNITS

10th AF; Eastern Air Command; Bomber, Fighter, Liaison, Air Commando, Photo Recon Units

 14th AF UNITS

14th AF; AVG; CATF; CACW; Bomber, Fighter, Photo Recon Units

 20th AF UNITS

20th AF; Bomber, Fighter, Photo Recon, Air Transport (Mobile), Photo Recon Units

 AIR SERVICE COMMAND UNITS

Air Depot Groups; Air Service Groups

 ARMY AIRWAYS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM UNITS

AACS Units; Air Base Comm Detachments

 CORPS OF ENGINEERS UNITS

 MEDICAL SERVICE UNITS

Air Evacuation; Emergency Rescue; Hospitals; Medical Units; Veterinary Units

 ORDNANCE CORPS UNITS

 QUARTERMASTER CORPS UNITS

 SIGNAL CORPS UNITS

 TRANSPORTATION CORPS UNITS

 ARMY GROUND FORCES

Anti-Aircraft; Coastal Artillery; Merrill's Marauders; Mars Task Force; Tank Units; OSS

 OTHER UNITS

Floating Repair & Maintenace; Airdrome; Armed Forces Radio Service; Bands; Chemical; Counter Intelligence; Finance; Military Police; Photographic; Postal; Statistical Control; Tactical Air Communications; Training & Replacement; Weather

References & Related Information

• CBI Background & Overview
  CBI Overview & Operations; Hump Operations;
  CBI Patch History; CBI Notables

• CBI UNIT HISTORIES
  Stories & unit histories from individuals, CBI publications, etc.

• References & Credits

• Army Air Forces or Ground Forces?

• WWII Chronology (monthly reports)

• A Guide To United States Air Force Lineage And Honors

• CBI Roundup Online

• Ex-CBI Roundup Online

• CBIVA Sound-off Archive
  (Also available HERE!)

• National WWII Memorial - WWII Veterans Registry

• MIA Recoveries - Locating Missing WWII Aircraft and Pilots

• U.S. to search for missing WWII airmen in India

• Seven Missing WWII Airmen Identified (July 2010)

• CBI-related YouTube Documentaries/Interviews

• Buried Spitfires Found in Burma

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• Mark Boland
• Michael Brown
• Peter Castner
• David Kaufman
• Clark King
• Nick King
• Bill & Brian McManus
• Bernie Shearon
• Richard Operhall (USAFPatches.com)
• Carl Weidenburner
  (CHINA-BURMA-INDIA - Remembering the Forgotten Theater of World War II)
• Bill Zurick (USAF Airlift & Air Refueling Patch Collection)