The Snapshots in Time Collection

Camouflaged Aircraft Nose in Revetment, China-Burma Theater

Camouflaged Aircraft Nose in Revetment, China-Burma Theater

This image from the Kotec China-Burma Theater collection documents field camouflage discipline at a forward airfield, where aircraft were dispersed and hidden beneath netting and timber revetments to reduce their vulnerability to Japanese air attack. Such improvised concealment measures were standard practice across the CBI Theater's austere, forward-deployed airstrips. Project: 218098