B-25 Mitchell

491st Bomb Squadron aircraft #438, a B-25J appears smooth in formation flight in spite of large, turbulent clouds filling the China sky behind it. Notice the barrels of three .50 caliber machine guns sticking out of the nose of the aircraft. One is a flexible gun, used by the bombardier or navigator to defend the nose from attack. The other...

The B-25 "Hotcha-Mama" in the CBI during WWII.

An American flyer standing by the tail of a B-25 undergoing maintenance at Chakulia Airfield, India, in the CBI.

B-25 tail number 435, of the Ringer Squadron, above a runway in Yunnan.

B-25, tail number 435, of the Ringer Squadron, above a runway in Yunnan. During WWII.

B-25 tail number 435 above a runway in Yunnan, likely Yangkai.

Bullet and fire damage to a battle tested B-25 in the CBI.

An 11th Bomb Squadron B-25J, #43-4387, in the preparation area at either Liuzhou or Guilin base, Guangxi province, China, in the fall of 1944. Photo was taken from the right side gunner position of another B-25. The propellers of '4387' are turning, so both aircraft are either returning from a mission or preparing to go on one. "Note the bombs...

A B-25 in the CBI is directed to taxi by ground personnel.

A B-25 of the Ringer Squadron, propellers spinning, in the CBI.