A U.S. Army Air Forces airman poses in standard-issue leather flying helmet, goggles, and shearling-collared flight jacket, gear designed to protect aircrew from the extreme cold of high-altitude, unpressurized flight. Photographs like this one, part of a China-Burma-India Theater archive, document the young men who flew dangerous transport and combat missions over the Himalayas and Southeast Asia during World War II. Project: 218375