B-24

Sgt Richard Dille “Dick” Arbogast, killed along with the rest of the B-24 crew during crash 28 May 1944, in China. (Photo courtesy of Vindicator I.) See background of crash here. Sgt. Arbogast was 23 years old. His family received a last letter from him dated April 10, 1944. See more of his personal story at USAAF Memoriam.

GIs inspect crashed and pancaked B-24 in a grainfield in China during WWII, between 1943-1945. Courtesy of https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsphoto/id/7811.

GIs inspect crashed B-24 in a grainfield in China during WWII, between 1943-1945. Courtesy of https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsphoto/id/7583.

GIs inspect crashed B-24 in a grainfield in China during WWII, between 1943-1945. Courtesy of https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsphoto/id/7583.

The B-24 "Maxwell House II" being refueled in a revetment in SW China, likely Sichuan, during WWII. Courtesy of https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsphoto/id/7812.

A shark-mouth B-24, the mouth having a unique curl at the back, in a revetment in SW China, likely Sichuan, during WWII. This is a later model B-24 as indicated by the nose turret with two .50 cal machine guns. Courtesy of https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsphoto/id/7807.

A shark-mouth B-24, the mouth having a unique curl at the back, in a revetment in SW China, likely Sichuan, during WWII. This is a later model B-24 as indicated by the nose turret with two .50 cal machine guns. Courtesy of https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsphoto/id/7813.

American flyers and mechs gathered around B-24 'Doodlebug' in a revetment in Sichuan, China, likely in preparation for a mission. Courtesy of https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsphoto/id/7805.

Sichuan (China), B-24 'Doodlebug' being prepared for a mission: "Set in the safety of a reverted hardstand, this B-24 heavy bomber was being readied for a mission. The lady riding a bomb was the trademark of this aircraft named 'Doodlebug' by its crew members. The row of bombs indicate missions carried out. The small Japanese flags represent enemy aircraft shot...

Cpl. Elmer Eugene Zobb, a crew chief in the 396th Air Service Squadron, 12th Air Service Group, was lost upon crash of a B-24, #41-23889 (which had been converted to transport configuration), after departure at around noon January 25, 1944, from Barrackpore, India, for a flight to Chabua, India, when the weather closed at Chabua, despite final contact with the...