Vollmer

An American bombing raid on Japanese shipping, running just feet above a Japanese ship. Notice the white-suited sailors, probably Japanese or Korean, in action on the ship. This photo by T/Sgt Volmer, tailgunner. From a mission on Hong Kong, 491st Bomb Squadron. Click here for a detailed description of this mission.

Two views of an attack on the same Japanese ship in Hong Kong harbor. These two images, in such close succession, tell us that there were at least two photographers on that mission. One was T/Sgt Vollmer, tailgunner. From the collection of Eugene T. Wozniak. From a mission on Hong Kong, 491st Bomb Squadron. Click here for a detailed description...

"#2 Hong Kong Harbor - shows bombs exploding - pictures was taken by Tsgt Volmer - tailgunner." From an October 16, 1944, mission on Hong Kong, 491st Bomb Squadron. Click here for a detailed description of this mission.

"Hong Kong Harbor, scene 1 &2, Large freighter, Just came across the harbor about 10' above the water firing B25H canon of nose guns, you can see where skip bombs hit close as I cleared over the mast (next) and you can see sailors running on the deck - the ship sink confirmed by photo-recon after the strike. Heavy flak...

Yangkai, China, Early 1945. Front ?Lecher, Schmidt, Clark, Penny, Routon. Rear ?Bryan, Gornick, Gebhardt, Williams, Vollmer, Arndt.

Ringer Squadron personnel: Lecher, Schmidt, Clark, Penny, Routon; rear; Bryan, Gornick, Gebhart, Williams, Vollmer, Arndt at Yangkai, Early 1945, with a B-25 in the background.