Allied transport aircraft, likely C-47 Skytrains, sit on the ramp of an air base in India during the China-Burma-India campaign of World War II. Personnel in tropical service dress observe the flight line from behind an enclosure fence posted with passenger restrictions. In the distance, a domed mausoleum reflects the historic Indo-Islamic architecture surrounding many wartime airfields built near established South Asian cities, which served as vital staging points for the aerial resupply of Allied forces fighting in Burma. Project: 218087