Douglas C-54 Skymaster Landing at the R2S Drill Field

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Title: Douglas C-54 Skymaster Landing at the R2S Drill Field
Caption: Plane landing at the R2S Drill Field --- a rare sight. This field was too vulnerable to Japanese discovery to be used until after the Japanese surrender a short time before.
Identifier: WFC_130
Description: A Douglas C-54 Skymaster arriving at the R2S Drill Field. An army vehicle is driving on the dirt road in the foreground. Some small buildings can be seen in the background.
Commentary: The Drill Field at R2S (or Roger Two Sugar on radio) rarely had planes coming or going because it was surrounded by Japanese-controlled territory and therefore too vulnerable.
Creator: Donald Earl Willmott
Location: The army base R2S near Lichuan (current day Jinzhai, Anhui 金寨县) behind Japanese lines in WWII.
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/1805306/jinzhai-xian.html
Relation: Douglas C-54 Skymaster on the Tarmac at R2S; Loading a Douglas C-47 Skytrain with Equipment
Source: Cory Willmott
Provenance: Donald Willmott to Cory Willmott; scanned by Elizabeth Willmott.
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2026-01-31
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image
References: Caption by Donald Willmott in a draft version of his manuscript, A “Mish Kid” in the OSS in Wartime China, 1944 - 1945: Donald Willmott's Memories.
Published In: A “Mish Kid” in the OSS in Wartime China, 1944 - 1945: Donald Willmott's Memories.

Item sets: Willmott Family Archives

Media: WFC_130_plane picking up leave.jpg

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