The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 7
Pages from confidential U.S. Army Air Forces gunnery manuals diagram overhead, flat side, and low side attack runs taught to fighter pilots bound for the China-Burma-India Theater. Interleaved with them are USO entertainers backstage, a bustling Chinese main street, and album notes recalling a squadron party at Kunming, joining combat instruction to the texture of life in the theater.
Handwritten Caption, Reverse of Photograph, CBI Theater Archive
Handwritten Album Caption: 'Ann Sheridan & Other Troupers'
USO Entertainers Backstage in Dressing Room, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
Aerial Gunner at .50-Caliber Machine Gun Position Aboard Bomber Aircraft, CBI Theater, WWII
Elderly Local Man Wading Beneath Stone Arch Bridge, China-Burma Theater, WWII Era
Local Children and Trained Dog on Village Street, CBI Theater - WWII Burma Archive
Mountain Valley Landscape, China Burma India Theater, World War II
Rural Riverside Landscape with Eucalyptus Trees and Village Structures, China-Burma Theater, WWII
Bear Cub Mascot with Nose Ring, China-Burma-India Theater Camp, WWII
Handwritten Caption: 'Chinese Budha Temple, China' -- WWII China Burma Theater Archive
Servicemen Relaxing Riverside, China-Burma Theater, WWII Era
Stone Hut Amid Karst Rock Formation, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
Handwritten Caption Card Identifying "Capt. Stevenson," China-Burma-India Theater Archive, WWII
Interior View of a Traditional Hand-Loom Weaving Mill, China-Burma Theater, WWII Era
Handwritten Caption Card: 'Cotton Mill -- , China'
Terraced River Valley Landscape, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
American Serviceman and Local Assistant Preparing Provisions, China-Burma-India Theater, World War II
Servicemen and Women at a Social Gathering, CBI Theater Club, WWII
Handwritten Album Annotation Referencing a 21st Photo Reconnaissance Squadron Party at Kunming, China
Street Vendor Selling Flatbread, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
Handwritten Caption Card: 'Bread Salesman, Hsian, China' - WWII CBI Theater Archive
Soldier Observing Valley Landscape, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
Local Woman Carrying Water Buckets on Shoulder Yoke, China-Burma Theater, WWII Era
Handwritten Caption Card: Chinese Laborer, CBI Theater, WWII
Mountain River Valley with Suspension Bridge, China-Burma-India Theater
Villagers Herding Pigs Along a Rural Road, Burma
Handwritten Caption Fragment, "2 fat hogs," China-Burma-India Theater Photo Archive
Elevated View of a Main Street, Chinese City, CBI Theater, WWII
Interior of a Chinese Porcelain and Curio Shop, China-Burma Theater, WWII
Handwritten Caption Note: "A Shop in the Village" -- CBI Theater Photo Album Annotation
Servicemen Bathing at Jungle Waterfall, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
U.S. Army Jeep at a Historic City Gate, China-Burma-India Theater, WWII
Cover, 'Gunnery Approaches' - Fixed Gunnery and Combat Tactics Series No. 2, U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, September 1943
WWII US Navy BuAer Training Pamphlet Page - 'Fixed Gunnery and Combat Tactics Series' Index
'Gunnery Approaches' - U.S. Navy Fixed Gunnery and Combat Tactics Training Manual Cover, 1943
WWII USAAF Confidential Fighter Gunnery Training Manual -- Introduction Page (China Burma India Theater Archive)
"Introduction" Page, WWII U.S. Navy Fixed Gunnery Training Booklet (Marked CONFIDENTIAL), Page 3
WWII Fighter Combat Manual Page - 'High Side Approach' Attack Technique, CBI Theater Archive
"High Side" Aerial Gunnery Attack Instructional Diagram, WWII Fighter Pilot Training Manual
WWII Training Manual Page - 'Side Approaches' and 'Flat Side Approach' Attack Tactics Diagram (Page 11)
WWII USAAF Fighter Gunnery Training Illustration: 'Flat Side' Attack Run Sequence
Training Manual Page: 'The Low Side Approach' Attack Diagram, WWII U.S. Military Aviation Gunnery Manual
WWII Fighter Gunnery Training Illustration: 'The Low-Side Approach' Attack Sequence
WWII Confidential Fighter Gunnery Training Manual Page: 'Low Side Approach,' Diagram D
"Side Approaches" — WWII Confidential Fighter Gunnery Training Manual Page 16
WWII USAAF Fighter Tactics Manual, Page 17 - 'Side Approaches' and Common Break-Away Errors Diagram (CBI Theater Archive)
Confidential Fighter Tactics Training Manual Page: 'Side Approach Errors,' WWII Era
"The Overhead Approach" — WWII Confidential Fighter Combat Tactics Manual Page 19, CBI Theater Archive
