Rum Runner

The B-25H "Rum Runner" from the 491st Bomb Squadron, the "RINGERS", flies in formation on a bombing mission during the Japanese "Ichigo" campaign. Sometime after this photo was taken Rum Runner, combat ID '439' was destroyed when they crashed landed near Liuzhou. No crewmen were seriously injured. Frank Willard Bates has provided photos of Rum Runner after the crash landing...

A 491st Bomb Squadron aircraft on a formation mission in China, #439, "Rum Runner." It was destroyed in a crash landing at Liuzhou in June 1944. Two more aircraft are silhouetted against the cloud in the background. They appear to also be B-25s, however, we are unable to identify whether they are also 491st or aircraft from the 11th Bm...

Johnson, Macaluso, Gornick, Lemmon pose with a crashed "Rum Runner" B-25 in Liuzhou June 1944. William "Wild Bill" Gornick completed his required 200 combat flying hours on "Rum Runner" as it crash landed following a mission against Tien Ho airbase. Bill assisted the maintenance personnel with salvaging all the useable parts they could until he left for the USA a...

Howard Mealey, Stengle on the B-25 "Rum Runner", tail number #445, Liuzhou, June 1944. The aircraft had crashed landed after returning from a mission and the men are in the process of salvaging all useable parts. (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)

Johnson, Macaluso, Wild Bill Gornick, Lemmon pose with a crashed "Rum Runner" B-25 in Liuzhou June 1944. William "Wild Bill" Gornick completed his required 200 combat flying hours on "Rum Runner" as it crash landed following a mission against Tien Ho airbase. Bill assisted the maintenance personnel with salvaging all the useable parts they could until he left for the...