Lighting it off, CBI style
Official period caption: Independence Day celebration at a 10th Air Force Base “somewhere in India,” 4 July 1945. Lockheed P-38 Lightnings fire their 50 cal. machine guns and 20mm cannon.
These are possibly the “Twin Dragons” of the 80th FG’s 459th Fighter Squadron (459th FS), which at the time were based at Dudhkundi, supporting operations over Burma.
(U.S. Air Force Number 62693AC. National Archives Identifier 204961221)
Stay safe out there in your own little part of America this weekend, gents.