[Photo Album Taken In 1945 In Assam & Burma. [C.B.I. (CHINA.BURMA.INDIA.) THEATR

[India & Burma 1945]. Black faux pebbled leather album, 21 x 13.5 cm., contains 17 b. w. original photographs, loosely inserted in the album, all photos clean, without issues. *ORIGINAL WORLD WAR 2 CHINA.BURMA.INDIA THEATRE OF WAR ITEM* . *** **** *** . . WORLD WAR 2 ORIGINAL PHOTO ALBUM OF PEOPLE & PLACES IN . . . ASSAM, INDIA & MANDALAY BURMA . . . TAKEN BY A MEMBER FO THE 48TH AIR DEPOT GROUP . * First located at Mooklbari, India (1944), 48th Assam Air Depot member took these photos. While his name is absent, this was part of two items which came from the same person and amateur photographer. . *** A.A.C. [ARMY AIR CORPS.]: . The Lineage of the Group: . The 48th Air Depot Group, Depot Repair Squadron, Depot Suppl Squadron authorized and constituted at Duncan Field, Texas per AG 320.2, 31 January, 1942; activated 13 March, 1942; Stationed at Duncan Field (combined with Kelly Field, 2 March, 1943), 13 March, 1942-15 June, 1943. . On 1 March,1945 the Assam Air Depot was designated as a subordinate command of the Northern Air Service Area Command and the 48 Air Depot Group was assigned to the Assam Air Depot. Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, at Chabua, India. . 4th Medical Platoon (Supply, Avn) 26th Depot Supply Squadron (transferred from 26th ADG c.late 1944) Organized 20 January, 1942, Brookley Field, Mobile, Alabama. Initial overseas station, Deversoir, Egypt Nov. 42 Change of station to Chabua, Assam, India (Hazelbank tea plantation), 18 March, 1944, relocated to Panagarh, India, November, 1945. See CBI link below. . *** THE PHOTOGRAPHS: . These are typical photographs taken by an amateur photographer, all in black & white. . Some photos are printed are on the typical "Velox" paper of the late 1930's to the early 1940's. Some are stamped with that brand name. . After each photo is a capital letter, indicating size. . All photos taken between March-August 1945: . 1. Aerial view of a Mandalay Burmese Buddhist pagoda. Silver gelatin photo. Size A . 2. Mandalay downtown street view, with rickshaw. Silver gelatin photos. Size A . 3. Native Burmese village aerial photo. Size A. . 4. Burmese native man in western clothes & American pistol best. Size B . 5. Native Burmese bullock cart. Size B . 6. Native Assamese Odia/Oriya people playing large drums. Near Bengal, eastern India .Size B . 7. Odia/Oriya temple. Size B . 8. Odia/Oriya woman and son, small shop owners. Size B. . 9. Local Assam young girls in typical Chignon hair style. Size C . 10. Local Assam young men in typical Sarong. Size C . 11. Group of local Assam kids in dugout boats. Size C . 12. Typical Assam/Burmese looking man in turban. Size C . 13. Assam/Burmese man with belt keys & turban standing in front of an American Army truck. Size C . 14. Native bridge over a river gorge, made of various trees & vines. With two Assamese/Indians crossing. Size C . 15. Burmese python baby pet snake being held by an American A.A.C. [Army Air Corps.] man, wearing Khaki pants. Size C. . 16. Young Assamese boy working to set up wood-plank American barracks. Size C . 17. Indian man holding his young daughter. Size C. . A few of the photos have penciled captions or other writing identifying the image. . *** PHOTO SIZES: A. circa 12 x 9.5 cm. B. " 9.5 x 12.5 cm. C. " 13 x 10 cm. . *** THE ALBUM: These photos are gently inserted into the slots of a post card album with white ink printed front cover title "Post Cards." . The album is covered in faux pebbled black leather, with usual wear to the corners, edges and spine head/tail. . The contents consists of green stiff paper with slotted pages, all very brightly clean and solidly bound. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. The photos were gently removed from the album to take photos. All photos are loosely inserted into the album. . *** CONDITION OF PHOTOS: . The photos are very clean, solid, one may have a touch of a bit of normal fading, otherwise all are bright, clear and excellent images. . *** REFERENCE: . see wikipedia for: see wiki: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt . org/wiki/Burma_Campaign . see cbi-history *** .