The Snapshots in Time Collection

"Yoke Oboe" Control Tower, Elevation 470 Feet — CBI Theater Airfield, World War II

"Yoke Oboe" Control Tower, Elevation 470 Feet — CBI Theater Airfield, World War II

The "Yoke Oboe" control tower stood 470 feet above field elevation at a forward airbase in the China-Burma-India Theater. Below, U.S. airmen wait with their gear beside jeeps and squadron huts — a common scene at the remote, jungle-adjacent airstrips that supported Allied air operations against Japan in the CBI campaign. Project: 218052