| August J. Kieser U.S. Army Air Force Cargo Pilot AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND - A.T.C. China-Burma-India Theater 1944-1945 |
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| The is one of the pictures from Gus' photo album. The original hand written caption read "50 CHINKS CHENGTU". These are Chinese soldiers that were being transported via C-87. Note the C-87 in the background with tail number 228. Also noteworthy are the civilian trucks unloading cargo from the front and side of the C-87. |
| This photo is a C-47 "Skytrain" aircraft with Chinese national markings. Both U.S. and Chinese soldiers are in the foreground. Gus could not remember why he circled the man in the door. |
| This is a photo of Gus sitting on a surf board in Accra, British West Africa. Gus flew C-47s and C-46s for the A.T.C. in Accra from July 3 - Dec 26 1944. The non-regulation flight boots were made in Brazil. Note the issue summer pith helmet with Officers' insignia. |
| This is one of the pages from Gus' pilot logbook. Note the various aircraft and tail numbers. In the A.T.C., C.B.I. cargo pilots were not assigned to specific aircraft. On this page Gus flew both C-87s and C-109s. |
| This is another page for Gus' pilot log. Note the entry on March 30th 1945 "HIT CHINK". During the take-off taxi, a local Chinese civilian ran in front of Gus' C-87. The propeller blade killed the civilian. Gus recalled that some of the Chinese civilians that worked on the runway believed that running in front of the aircraft would pull the evil spirits away into the propellers. Many Chinese civilians were killed during this practice. |