B-25 Mitchell

B-25s parked in China during WWII.

A B-25 of the Ringer Squadron in the CBI, with engines running.

A B-25D of the Ringer Squadron in the CBI. Identified as a B-25D-15 (built in Kansas City, Missouri), serial #41-30367, taken in summer 1943 at Kurmitola Airbase (Kurmitola, West Bengal, India), the 491st Bomb Squadron's station then.

B-25s parked in the CBI, during WWII, most likely in Yunnan Province, China.

A B-25 taking off in the CBI.

A B-25 of the Ringer Squadron taxiing in China.

The B-25H "Wabash Cannonball" with 'practice' bombs laying beneath the bomb bay. With no mission symbols or residue from the side-mounted machine guns on fuselage side this photo must have been taken soon after the aircraft was assigned to the 491st Bm Sq at Yangkai AB, China, in the spring of 1944.

An unidentified individual at the aircraft status board for the 22nd Bombardment Squadron, at Chakulia Air Base, India.The photo was taken after August 3 and September 10, 1943. The dates are based on two visible entry "B-25C, 42-55417, Missing In L.A.S. Action as of Aug 3, 4--" and the fact that 41-12950 went missing on September 10th. Of the seventeen...

B-25 'Mitchell' bombers of the Ringer Squadron perform engine checks prior to taking off on a mission. These three aircraft (nose wheel of third is visible underneath #450, on the right) are on the runway at Yangkai AB, in Yunnan province, China.

Nose are from B-25 #448 "Rhode Island Red". From the collection of Wozniak, combat photographer for the 491st Bomb Squadron, in the CBI.