The Snapshots in Time Collection
Vertical Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph of Airfield with Revetments and Bomb Craters, CBI Theater, WWII
This vertical aerial reconnaissance photograph, taken during the World War II China-Burma-India campaign, documents an airfield ringed with earthen revetments built to protect parked aircraft from bombing and strafing. The pockmarked fields surrounding the runways show craters consistent with aerial bombardment, illustrating the intense air war fought for control of airfields in the CBI theater. Project: 218083