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Clarence M. Miller leans from B-29 cockpit window. The 462th Bomb Group insignia reads "Hellbirds: With Malice Toward Some" around a B-29 silhouette. (Despite the photo being labeled as 467th BS, there is no record of such a squadron being assigned to the 462nd Bombardment Group. ---Thanks to Al Schutte for the update!) Photo from Clarence M. Miller.
A crew of the 11th Bomb Squadron, 341st Bomb Group poses beside their North American B-25 "Obliterators Excuse Please" at an airfield somewhere in China, February 2, 1943. They are (l-r): S/Sgt Pat N. Boudreaux, Port Arthur, Texas, Radio-Gunner S/Sgt Karl H. May, Yakima, Washington, Engineer-Gunner Lt. Charles H. Dearth, Sidney, Ohio, Navigator Lt. Mason O. Brown, Calwell, Idaho, Co-Pilot...
We are very excited that, after years of hoping to find some kin of Lt. Wallace, who lost his life saving his crew, one last effort in fall 2015 has allowed us to get to know his daughter, Judy, and she has been gracious to share with us much about her biological father, whom she never met. She made a...
"My first crash landing. In China, February 3, 1944. Major Weatherly, pilot. Probably at Kunming." Wrecked B-25 MItchell, which should be B-25D-15, #41-30385. Another image of this crash can be seen here. 22nd Bombardment Squadron, in the CBI. Background on this mission (courtesy of Tony Strotman): 22BS_Mission_B-197_44-02-03 Maj Weatherly (C.O.) led a two-ship formation with Lt. Anderson from Yangkai at...
A B-25D of the 22nd Bomb Squadron 'Bombing Eagles' of the 341st Bomb Group rests down on its belly at an airfield in Kunming, China, February 3, 1944. This wrecked B-25 Mitchell should be B-25D-15, #41-30385. Major Weatherly, the pilot, surveys the crash damage, as does and MP. At the base of the wing is a dark area: damage caused...
An American flyer standing by the tail of a B-25 undergoing maintenance at Chakulia Airfield, India, in the CBI.
Sgt. William R. Zieman of Chicago, Illinois chalks up the 121st mission on the North American B-25 "Old 59" at an airbase somewhere in China during WWII. 341st Bomb Group, 491st Bomb Squadron. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.
B-25 crew poses in field near 22 Squadron's quarters on their home airbase, Chakulia, India. 1943. Dave Hayward, Wayne Craven, Frank McKenna, Les Norris, Dale Miller, Elwood Slayton. 22nd Bombardment Squadron, in the CBI.