B-25 Mitchell

A B-25J, #438 of 491st Bomb Squadron takes off from Yang Chiseh Airfield, Yankai, Yunnan Province.

Bomb explosion on a mission on Hong Kong, 491st Bomb Squadron. Operation Report – Attack on Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong, October 16, 1944 Extracted from "The Record – 11th Bomb Squadron" Created by Squadron Personnel in 1945 In effectiveness, operations for October showed not the slightest decline. One mission of that month---a low-level attack on shipping in Hong Kong harbor...

B-25s in flight in the CBI. During WWII.

A B-25D of the American 491st Bombardment Squadron is on the taxiway. Maintenance men who prepared it for the mission stand in the shade of tree. Small bombs, 100 pounds, are seen neatly stacked in the middle of the photo. Closer, in the center, are three 500 pound bombs. They lack the guide fins, and still have the transport 'rings'...

An American B-25 bomber at Yangkai, Yunnan province, in the CBI.

An American B-25 bomber at Yangkai, Yunnan province, in motion, while another is parked to the right. During WWII.

An American B-25D, #41-30387, at Yangkai, Yunnan province, in the CBI, with propellers turning.