Fliers of the U.S. Army Air Force -China-Burma-India theater, at an airfield in Kumming China. They converse in front of a B-25 bomber. Chinese man in background. Colonel Robert L. Scott, Jr. sitting on the nose of a Flying Tiger Curtiss P-40. American fliers looking over a Huff Daland two-seater bi-winged plane with French insignia on side of fuselage.. American Air Force Headquarters in Kunming,China. Sentry houses on both sides. A Chinese officer in front of fields.
United States General Joseph Stilwell discusses plan with Major General Frank Dow Merrill during World War 2. Insignia of the China Burma India Theater (CBI). Nationalist Chinese soldiers march toward a United States Army Air Force transport plane to India. USA Army Air Force plane takes off, heading for India. At the U.S. Army Chinese Training and Combat Command at Ramgarh, India, Chinese soldiers train under the United States Army leadership. Aerial view of tents and buildings at Ramgarh. General Stilwell personally instructs Chinese soldiers as they shoot at targets while in prone position. Chinese troops charge out of a trench, crawl with guns under barbed wire, and avoid gun fire and explosions. India Command Formation insignia. British General Archibald Wavell inspects soldiers in formation. General Archibald Wavell shares a map with Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck, who was made Commander in Chief, India, for the British. British Indian soldiers seen in training, as they lift logs, jump over obstacles, climb ropes, and practice jumping from a parked airplane fuselage during parachute training. Next, soldiers are seen jumping out of an aircraft in flight with parachutes. British Indian soldiers descending with parachutes. United States soldiers unload supplies. Allied soldiers marching. Indian infantry marching in farmland. Gurkha soldiers from Nepal march with donkeys. Naga headhunters from Assam and northwestern Burma. East and West African soldiers. British colonial regiment, the Burma Rifles marching. Soldiers from the Kachin people of Burma and Southwestern China. Allied soldiers in India coming from various races- Scots, Irish, English, Welsh, Australian, New Zealander, Indian, Gurkha, Burman, African, Chinese and American. Multinational army from Allied countries.
Chinese Air Force 1st American Volunteer Group Flying Tiger pilots in China India Burma Theater during World War II. Flying Tiger pilots grouped on a field are presented with letters and rank bars which they pin on their shirts. Close-up view of Flying Tigers ace pilot Frank Schiel being recognized. U.S. airplanes parked on an airfield in the background. The Commander of Flying Tigers U.S. Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault arrives. The pilots conclude a quick briefing and then scramble and run, rushing to United States Army Air Force P-40 Tomahawk fighter airplanes. The P-40s taxi and take off from the airfield. The aircraft in flight.