An aerial gunner mans his .50-caliber machine gun aboard a bomber operating in the China-Burma-India Theater, bundled in fleece-lined flight gear against the bitter cold encountered at altitude over the Himalayas and Burma. Gunners in this remote theater faced not only enemy fighters and flak but brutal temperature extremes, flying missions that ranged from tactical strikes in Burma to the perilous 'Hump' resupply route into China. Project: 218362