492nd Bomber Squadron

Views in Brazil during a stop over on the crew's circuitous trip to the CBI during WWII.

B-24 bomber crew in the India during WWII. Back row: Carney, Zeiss, Vanardo, Bogert. Front row: Bob Latiss (3rd from left).

Unknown B-24 bomber crew in the India during WWII.

Unknown B-24 bomber crew in the CBI during WWII.

Pilot Edward "Two-Gun" McCoy posing with M1903 "Springfield" rifle in 1943 before his plane, B-24 WE'REWOLVES. His stance matches the image of him painted by Thomas Grady near the pilot's window, above him. (Thanks to John Olin for supplemental info about his grandfather "Two-Gun" McCoy!)

American flyers at barracks in a hot India. Left is unknown, right is T/Sgt. Roy Whistle (radio).

American flyers and a friendly Scot in Calcutta in 1943. "T/Sgt. Roy Whistle (radio, my crew), a friendly Scot we all met in Calcutta, T/Sgt. Russell Doman, engineer, my crew. During WWII.

Flyer Bob Grace at training stateside during WWII.

Gunner at waist gun of B-24 in the CBI during WWII.

The wartime notebook of S/Sgt. Tom L. Grady. In his notebook, as a talented and curious young artist while in the CBI, he recorded scenes and vignettes that he saw in his life. He also recorded names and contact info for the people he met. Poems.