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Ankang China 1945
This is some of the 396th at Ankang,China
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Great 396th Mechanics
This is Lester Herring And Larry Hawkins Great Members Of The 396th Service Squadron |
Another Of The Great Mechanics Of The 396th
This is S/Sgt.William Allert of the 396th at Ankang,China standing in front of a P-40 aircraft he is working on |
396th Squadron Members At Ankang, China
This is some of the 396th at Ankang,China standing in front of a B-24 aircraft used as a tanker to haul gasoline from India over the "Hump"into China. Left to right they are (?)-Euler-Wander-Hanson and S/Sgt William Allert |
Tech Supply People
These are some of the guys we went crying to to get some of the hard to get supplies; These were the" Radar Riley's" of the 396th.
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A Great Officer And Human Being
The officer in the center is Lt.Sohl engineering officer of the 396th. The officer on the right is Capt. Weisburg a medical officer with the 396th.Unfortuneatly Lt.Sohl did not make it back to the states. He had his orders to return stateside and was awaiting transportation home when he was bitten by a rat and became very ill. Three days later he passed away. He was a fine officer respected by all that came in contact with him. |
A Replacement For The Steamroller
All the runways in China were made of crushed stone. They started the base with the larger stone and each layer that was added was of a smaller stone. The final layer of the runway surface was was made of finely crushed stone that was rolled and rerolled by Chinese coolies pulling a huge stone roller as shown in this picture. One of the big problems with our runways was the larger stone kept working their way to the surface and the runways had to be constantly policed to remove these sharp stones to eliminate tires from blowing out on landings and take-offs |
Yang Tong Airfield 2012
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G.I. Enginuity
This rig was dreamed up and built by Sgt.Miller and Sgt.Blumer. The 396th needed something that could handle all the heavy objects that had to be moved in the process of salvaging and repairing the aircraft we worked on. They built this rig on a 6x6 chasis and there wasn't much that it couldn't handle. They received a lot of praise for the job they did |
Heading For Our new Home
After FlyingThe Hump Into Kunming We Moved By Truck Convoy To Our New Home In Kwelin. This Is A Photo Of The Convoy Stopped For A Break Along The Way. For The Final Leg Of This Trip We Loaded Everything On Flat Cars And Finished The Trip To Kwelin By Rail. |
A PART OF THE ROAD KUNMING TO KWELIN
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My thanks to Robert Stumpf for this photo. |
Our First Home In China
This is a picture of our engineering area at Kwelin,China. This was our first stop after leaving Kunming in January 1944. We had crews on detached service on bases at Hengyang,Chickiang,Chanyi,Ankang,Luichow,Nanning and Tanchuck.We were proud of the work performed at Kwelin. We built eight P-40's from the scrap-yard and turned them over to the line outfits to be returned to action. |
Another View Of Our First Home
This is another picture of our engineering area at Kwelin,China. This view is looking toward the hostel and runway areas.This is the area where we rebuilt eight P-40's from salvaged parts. |
A Salvage Operation
Here is a picture of Sgt,Miller and Sgt.Blumer's salvage vehicle at work picking up a P-51 that had to make a gear-up landing. |
More Salvage Work
Gasoline was a precious commodity in China. All the gas we received had to be flown over the Hump from India into China. This picture shows some members of the 396th pumping gasoline out of the wing tanks of a crashed B-25. With the supply situation of everything having to flown over the Hump nothing was wasted and all serviceable parts were salvaged. |
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