B-25 Mitchell

#444 at engine change, Yangkai, China, July 1944 Hammett, Basil Turko, Aspinwall, Bert, unk., and Burns From the collection of Frank Bates.

At #444's engine change, Yangkai, China, July 1944. S/Sgt Domonique Beaudetter, T/Sgt George Butsika, S/Sgt Elmer Peterson, S/Sgt Joseph Burns, M/Sgt John Aspinwall, T/Sgt Karl Hammett, S/Sgt Frank Bert. (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)

B-25, tail number 448, on a mission, 1944.

S/Sgt Wilbert 'Willie' Beausoliel, aircraft mechanic with the 491st Bombardment Squadron, Yangkai, posing with B-25 tail #448 about June 1944. (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)

Chinese soldier and American engineer stand before the new 25, #448, Yangkai, May 1944. Unknown, Frank Bates. From the collection of Frank Bates.

B-25 and crew at Yangkai, late 1944? Looks like 436 (same as large group picture) just coming in new to the squadron. The big guy kneeling (in silhouette) with the cap brim up is A.B. Christensen.

Ringer Squadron personnel: Lecher, Schmidt, Clark, Penny, Routon; rear; Bryan, Gornick, Gebhart, Williams, Vollmer, Arndt at Yangkai, Early 1945, with a B-25 in the background.

Jim Lane in tail gun (.50 cal.) put in B-25 #81, summer of 1943, Chaukulia, India, as a field modification (see more about this modification here). This should be B-25D-15, #41-30381, assigned to the 491BS/341BG while the unit was stationed at Chakulia. (Thanks for the research and information supplied by Yves Marino and Tony Strotman.)

Jim Lane in first 25 tail gun (.50 cal.) position put in as a field modification by Red Cummings, about August, 1943, Chaukulia, India (see more background about this modification here). This should be B-25D-15, #41-30381, assigned to the 491BS/341BG while the unit was stationed at Chakulia. (Thanks for the research and information supplied by Yves Marino and Tony Strotman.)

Changing engines in #43. either on July or October 1943. Chaukulia, India. Mit Rose, Cal Achey, Frank Bert, Pete Romanazzi, Bud Chapin, Alex.