B-25 Mitchell

Sgt. William R. Zieman of Chicago, Illinois chalks up the 121st mission on the North American B-25 "Old 59" at an airbase somewhere in China during WWII. 341st Bomb Group, 491st Bomb Squadron. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Bullet holes in the fuselage of the North American B-25 after a mission that ended in a forced landing on one wheel at its base in China. December 12, 1942. In the CBI during WWII. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Press conference with Public Relations Office of the 14th Air Force on 4 September 1944 in China. In the CBI during WWII.

CHINESE AIRMEN GET AMERICAN TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT, 29 January 1944. Communications is an important phase in the training of the Chinese American Composite Wing (CACW) . Here, on January 29, 1944, Lt. Kwang Chao-Li checks a defective radio receiver at a test bench in the hanger. Sgt. Anthony Puflia, Paterson, New Jersey, left, stands by to offer assistance while Sgt...

Chinese American Composite Wing (CACW) --Chinese pilot in the cockpit of the North American B-25 "B.T.O." give a "thumbs up" sign to other members of the Chinese and American Replacement Training Unit, prior to taking off on a mission. Karachi, India, during WWII. Photo by 7th Photo Technician Squadron, 8th Reconnaissance Group. Images courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Chinese American Composite Wing (CACW) --"CHINESE AIRMEN GET AMERICAN TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT." The photographer must have laid on his back to get this photo of the Chinese and American crew loading bombs into the rack of a B-25 Mitchell medium bomber. During WWII in China. Images courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Chinese American Composite Wing (CACW)-- B-25H #43-4903 after bombing Wuhu. Original image identifying information (upper right corner) identifies it as assigned to 2nd Bomb Squadron of 1st Bomb Group, mission #193, photo #15, taken on March 11, 1945 at 1325 hours. Location 32-19 N latitude. and 114-05 E longitude with Wuhu in the background. In China during WWII. Images courtesy...

Pat O'Brien and Jinx Falkenburg look over a B-25 of the Chinese-American Composite Wing (CACW) at Liuzhou (Liuchow), China, during a tour of the China-Burma-India Theater (CBI) of Operations with a camp show. In the background coolies pull up carts loaded with gasoline drums. 11-2-1944 Signal Corps Photo #CHI-44-50435 (Dillard)

Yangkai, China Two B-25 bomber pilots 14th Air Force 22nd Bomb Squadron Left: Lt. Cleland E. Wilmore Right: Lt. Arnold Theodore Ziedses Lt. Wilmore was a B25 pilot in the 22nd and I am pretty sure Lt. Arnold was also in the 22nd Bomb Squadron. (Information provided by Tony Strotman) Lt. Ziedses Des Plante is shown on assigned personnel rosters...

'Dad (Cleland E. Wilmore) in B-25 Pilot training before going to China, not sure where this picture was taken.'