22nd Bombardment Squadron

Flyers with 22nd Bombardment Squadron B-25 Mitchell bomber at an American base in China during WWII. Rear: Bob Selmer, David Hayward, Jim Curran. Front: George Scearce (center).

Flyers with their B-25 Mitchell bomber. Bucky Fiske, Jim Sullivan, Art Lynch. Tony Mercep, "Pres" Preston, Dale Meiers. 22nd Bombardment Squadron, in the CBI.

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.

Flyers with their B-25 at Chakulia, India, in 1943. Dave Hayward, Tony Mercep, George Scearce, Wilber Pritt. 22nd Bombardment Squadron, in the CBI.

View from B-25s of the 22nd Bombardment Squadron in flight over SW China, Indochina, or Burma during WWII--Happy for the rare escort by P-40s (with external fuel tanks to extend range).

Barracks area at Yangkai, Yunnan, China, during WWII.

Aerial view showing boats, river, farm plots during mission to bomb Tourane, Indochina, by 22nd Bombardment Squadron in the CBI. "Our longest mission. The river port of Tourane, French Indochina."

"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...

Open-air market in village near and American base is SW China. 22nd Bombardment Squadron, during WWII.

Flyers visit village near and American base is SW China. 22nd Bombardment Squadron, during WWII.