Photos Taken in Kunming, Yunnan | World War II Database

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Chinese SB-2 bomber, Kunming, China, circa late 1930s	Chinese Hawk III fighters at Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, circa 1940s	P-40 Warhawk at rest, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, 1940	P-40C Tomahawk IIA with the AVG Flying Tigers receiving needed maintenance alongside a Ryan PT-22 Recruit trainer at Kunming, China, Nov 1941-Spring 1942

AVG squadron flight leader Robert 'R. T.' Smith standing next to his P-40 Warhawk fighter, Kunming, China, 23 May 1942; note Nationalist Chinese emblem on cap and 'Flying Tigers' emblem on aircraft	US servicemen and Chinese civilians at a Christmas party, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, 24 Dec 1942	B-24 Liberator bomber taking off from an advance air field in Kunming, China, circa 1943; note P-40 Warhawk fighters in foreground	Chinese P-43 Lancer fighters at rest, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, circa 1940s

Claire Chennault with Chinese officers at an airfield, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, 1942-1943; note B-25 bomber	Claire Chennault with Chinese officers at an airfield, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, 1942-1943; note P-38 fighter	Claire Chennault with Chinese officers at an airfield, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, 1942-1943; note P-40 fighters	Chinese and American armorers checking the guns on a Curtiss P-40E Warhawk of the 74th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group at Kunming, China, 1 Feb 1943

Buildings occupied by American 'Flying Tigers' airmen, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, circa 1944, photo 1 of 2	Buildings occupied by American 'Flying Tigers' airmen, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, circa 1944, photo 2 of 2	C-46 Commando and C-47 Skytrain aircraft of China National Aviation Corporation at rest in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, date unknown	C-47 Skytrain aircraft, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, 1943-1945

Claire Chennault inspecting a P-51 Mustang fighter, Kunming, Yunnan, China, circa 1943-1944	CNAC pilot Erik Shilling (left), copilot (front), and radio operator (Chinese man, rear) with their C-53 Skytrooper aircraft belonging to the China National Aviation Corporation, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, 1940s	Maintenance work at the Kunming airfield in Yunnan Province, China, circa 1944	USAAF pilot James M. Dalby in front of a C-47 Skytrain aircraft belonging to the China National Aviation Corporation, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, Apr 1944