The Snapshots in Time Collection

Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph of Airfield with Camouflaged Dispersal Areas, WWII CBI Theater

Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph of Airfield with Camouflaged Dispersal Areas, WWII CBI Theater

This aerial reconnaissance photograph documents a military airfield in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II, complete with camouflaged dispersal areas designed to protect parked aircraft from enemy observation and attack. Such photographs were essential tools for Allied intelligence assessing enemy or friendly airbase capacity. Project: 218375