B-25 Mitchell

Air crew members of the 491st Bomb Squadron pose with the B-25H "Wabash Cannonball" at Yangkai, China. In back are Lt. Orlando W. Wood (pilot) and Lt. Walter H. Finne (pilot) with S/Sgt William H. Matthews (flight engineer), Cpl. George W. Burns (radio) and S/Sgt Robert M. Hickey (gunner) in the front. (Information provided by Tony Strotman)

491st Bomb Squadron air crew at Yangkai, China, with the B-25H "Wabash Cannonball". In back are Lt. Jack H. Wilson (pilot) and Lt. Russell M. Howard (navigator), with S/Sgt Ira M. Brown (gunner; kneeling, far left), T/Sgt. Donald Gralla (radio) , and S/Sgt Leonard J. Bendinsky (flight engineer). S/Sgt Ira M. Brown would be injured and spend time in hospital...

At Yangkai, China, posing with the B-25H "Wabash Cannonball", are air crewmen of the 491st Bomb Squadron. In front are T/Sgt Michael F. Hassay (flight engineer), T/Sgt John F. Daley (radio), and S/Sgt Kurt E. Hemrick (gunner). Behind them stand Lt. Frank S. Burgess (pilot), Lt. Farlie A. Garner (copilot), and Lt Gordon P. Edwards (bombardier). (Information provided by Tony...

Crew of American servicemen with the B-25H "Wabash Cannonball", of the 491st Bomb Squadron, in the CBI.

American servicemen with the B-25H "Wabash Cannonball", of the 491st Bomb Squadron, in the CBI. Fay W. Johnson, Cpl, Radio-Gunner, in front row, far right. Peter Ewonishon, 2nd Lt., Pilot, in back row, far right.

American aircrew men with the B-25H "Wabash Cannonball", of the 491st Bomb Squadron, at Yangkai Airbase, Yunnan Province, China, in the CBI. In unknown order, back row; 1Lt. Robert P. Ridley (pilot), Captain William F. Shutts (pilot), 1Lt. Sterling L Plunkett (nav-bomb); Front row (left to -right) S/Sgt Charles M. Sugg (engineer-gunner), T/Sgt John P. Humphries (radio-gunner), S/Sgt Walter U...

American servicemen with the B-25H "Wabash Cannonball", of the 491st Bomb Squadron, in the CBI.

After returning to Liuzhou (Liuchow), China, Capt. Robert C. Pettingell, 491st Bomb Squadron Flight Leader, poses next to some of the damage received by the B-25J he was flying on a mission against White Cloud airfield near Canton in the spring of 1944. (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)

Officers of the 22nd Bombardment Squadron stand before one of the squadron's B-25's (C or D model) at Chakulia Air Base, India. (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)

Officers of the 22nd Bombardment Squadron stand before one of the squadron's B-25D's at Chakulia Air Base, India.