Villages threshing rice in the first village, on way to Yangkai, China 1944. During WWII.

An 11th Bomb Squadron B-25J, #43-4387, in the preparation area at either Liuzhou or Guilin base, Guangxi province, China, in the fall of 1944. Photo was taken from the right side gunner position of another B-25. The propellers of '4387' are turning, so both aircraft are either returning from a mission or preparing to go on one. "Note the bombs...

Personnel of 491 Bombardment Group about June 1943, Chaukulia, India. Notice the open engine cowling. During WWII.

William Butler, Wayne Crusan, Trombley, Derby, Frenchy Beaudetter, Daggett. Outside base office buildings. Probably at Yangkai. From the collection of Frank Bates.

Early in the morning on a spring day in 1945, 491st Bombardment Squadron personnel (mechanics- Schumaier, Scott; armorer- ?) prepare a B-25D, #42, for a mission. The top of the fuel truck is in the foreground of the revetment at Yangkai AB. When the aircraft were dispatched to 'forward operation' bases they were often fueled with hand pumps from 50-gallon...

Gas detail at Yangkai, 1945 Grady Dawkins, Chuck Alelunas, Meyers, Baker, Big Chris, Kealy, Schumaier,Desmond, Hill, Keiser, Aspinwall, Puloski, Hammett, Carter.

Village scene in China. Probably near Yangkai, 1945.

Kealy, Johnny Burns, Schmidt, Hammett, Alexander, Nash, Nyreen, Alelunas, Sam Knox, Liuzhou, September 1944. Train in the background is full of barrels of fuel. The disturbed ground in the foreground is likely caused by bombing.