An American serviceman poses proudly atop a captured Japanese Army fighter aircraft in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II. Scenes like this were common as Allied forces overran Japanese airfields during the Burma campaign, leaving behind abandoned or damaged aircraft that troops would photograph as souvenirs of victory. The aircraft's distinctive red Hinomaru insignia and slender fuselage are characteristic of Imperial Japanese Army fighters such as the Nakajima Ki-43 'Oscar,' a type widely encountered by Allied forces across the CBI theater. Project: 218089