B-25 Mitchell

At the actual crash site at the bank of the Yangtze (Changjiang) river, in Anhui province on November 10, 2007, near Liuhe village, Wangjiang county. Mr. Feng (79 years old), who arrived at the crash scene in the afternoon on the day of the crash in 1943, recounts to Patrick Lucas, of Remembering Shared Honor, what he saw there. Mr...

After a day of search and verification, the crash site was finally confirmed at coordinates 30 20.654 N 116 53.688 E, which is about 14 miles from Anqing city (listed as "Anking" in war-era documentation). Note that this location much more closely matches the estimated distance from Anqing, at 12 miles, given in the accounts by the crew of the...

On December 30, 1943 two American B-25s bombers took off from the Suichuan airbase (Jiangxi province) and proceeded north to search the Yangtze (Changjiang) river for Japanese targets of opportunity. Finding a Japanese gunboad on the river near Anqing city (Anking) in Anhui province, the first B-25 made an attack run on the ship, then the second plane followed, but...

Chinese and American officers prepare for a mission on a B-25J at an unidentified base. Their Squadron (unknown) is part of the 1st Bombardment Group, Chinese-American Composite Wing (CACW). Image from U. S. Government official sources.

A picture of Lynnwood Smith on a shelf in the home of one of his kin, in 2007. (Photo by Patrick Lucas.) Lynnwood W. Smith, 11th Bomb Squadron , who was killed on December 30, 1943 while on a B-25 bombing run on the Yangtze river. During the summer of 2007 his nephew and family was gracious to share their...

A Mitchell B-25, tail number 444, flies away from a site just bombed in China or Indochina area.

A B-25 under maintenance in the CBI during WWII. Notice the canvas cover over the turret on the fuselage.

"Hong Kong Harbor, scene 1 &2, Large freighter, Just came across the harbor about 10' above the water firing B25H canon of nose guns, you can see where skip bombs hit close as I cleared over the mast (next) and you can see sailors running on the deck - the ship sink confirmed by photo-recon after the strike. Heavy flak...

American GIs arming a B-25 for a bombing run in the CBI during WWII.