P-40N Warhawk fighters of the 74th Fighter Squadron (direct descendent of the AVG Flying Tigers) in China, probably Kweilin (now Guilin) 1943-44. Note rocket tubes being mounted under the wing.

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Caption     P-40N Warhawk fighters of the 74th Fighter Squadron (direct descendent of the AVG Flying Tigers) in China, probably Kweilin (now Guilin) 1943-44. Note rocket tubes being mounted under the wing. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Liangjiang, Guangxi, China
Date  Mar 1944
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Licensing  This anonymous work originating in the Republic of China is in the public domain. Its copyright expired 50 years after the work was made available to the public. The Republic of China governed mainland China until 1949, after which it relocated to Taiwan. Copyright protection for anonymous works under the post-1949 communist Beijing government is also 50 years.

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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
26 Apr 2015 08:21:09 PM

This particular aircraft had a wheels-up landing 6 May 1944 at Kweilin and was written off.

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