B-25 Mitchell

Early in the morning on a spring day in 1945, 491st Bombardment Squadron personnel (mechanics- Schumaier, Scott; armorer- ?) prepare a B-25D, #42, for a mission. The top of the fuel truck is in the foreground of the revetment at Yangkai AB. When the aircraft were dispatched to 'forward operation' bases they were often fueled with hand pumps from 50-gallon...

Parachute men at the front of a B-25. Yangkai, Spring 1945. Ted & Estes (Sgt. Robert E.; Transportation Section). Image is looking west across field, the hills in the background, as of February 2016, can be seen here.

Johnson, Macaluso, Gornick, Lemmon pose with a crashed "Rum Runner" B-25 in Liuzhou June 1944. William "Wild Bill" Gornick completed his required 200 combat flying hours on "Rum Runner" as it crash landed following a mission against Tien Ho airbase. Bill assisted the maintenance personnel with salvaging all the useable parts they could until he left for the USA a...

American flyers and mechanics, ground support, etc. gather for a group photo before a Ringer Squadron B-25 Mitchell. Yangkai, May or June 1944?

Howard Mealey, Stengle on the B-25 "Rum Runner", tail number #445, Liuzhou, June 1944. The aircraft had crashed landed after returning from a mission and the men are in the process of salvaging all useable parts. (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)

Gas wagon on the hardstand near the main strip, Liuzhou, June 1944.

Johnson, Macaluso, Wild Bill Gornick, Lemmon pose with a crashed "Rum Runner" B-25 in Liuzhou June 1944. William "Wild Bill" Gornick completed his required 200 combat flying hours on "Rum Runner" as it crash landed following a mission against Tien Ho airbase. Bill assisted the maintenance personnel with salvaging all the useable parts they could until he left for the...

A B-25 gets work, most likely at Yangkai. During WWII.

George Butsika working under wing of B-25. Yangkai, May 1944.

Pete, Elmer, Frank Bates, and a Chinese guard pose in the revetment of B-25D, #55, 491st Bombardment Squadron, at Yangkai AB, 1944. (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)