492nd Bomber Squadron

Salvage of a broken B-24 "WE'REWOLVES", crashed on take-off crash on March 20th, at Panagarh. Upon crash, live bombs were spewed out of the bomb bay. Fortunately the arming pins were still in the fuses. Speculation of some was that the accident was caused by loss of lift due to the negative angle of attack caused by a high speed...

Salvage of a broken B-24 "WE'REWOLVES", crashed on take-off crash on March 20th, at Panagarh. Upon crash, live bombs were spewed out of the bomb bay. Fortunately the arming pins were still in the fuses. Speculation of some was that the accident was caused by loss of lift due to the negative angle of attack caused by a high speed...

Salvage of a broken B-24 "WE'REWOLVES", crashed on take-off crash on March 20th, at Panagarh. Upon crash, live bombs were spewed out of the bomb bay. Fortunately the arming pins were still in the fuses. Speculation of some was that the accident was caused by loss of lift due to the negative angle of attack caused by a high speed...

Salvage of a broken B-24 "WE'REWOLVES", crashed on take-off crash on March 20th, at Panagarh. Upon crash, live bombs were spewed out of the bomb bay. Fortunately the arming pins were still in the fuses. Speculation of some was that the accident was caused by loss of lift due to the negative angle of attack caused by a high speed...

As tail gunner Sgt. Grady was able to see a collision on October 26, 1943, between B-24 "Boogie Woogie Bomb Buggy" and a Japanese Zero fighter, and his official statement was: "As Tail Gunner on the lead ship of the second element, I was in a good position to see the B-24 go down. I glanced at the B-24 in...

A B-24 bomber crew was killed while flying on March 26, 1943. The plane he was on crash on take off on a combat mission. Eight of the nine people on that flight died, with S/Sgt. Harvey Cook was the sole survivor. He was flight engineer on that flight. Photo taken in India. Shortly after returning stateside, Sgt. Cook was...

2nd Lt. Paul S. Hite was killed while flying with another crew on March 26, 1943. The plane he was on crash on take off on a combat mission. Eight of the nine people on that flight died, with S/Sgt. Harvey Cook as the sole survivor. Lt. Hite enlisted on April 30, 1940. ASN O-791435. He was born on February...

Early crew make up, in Tucson, Sept. 1942. Front row: Lt. Columbus (navigator), Lt. Paul S. Hite (co-pilot), Lt. Edward L. McCoy (Pilot), Lt. Brown (bombardier). Back row: T/Sgt. Roy A. Whistle (radio), S/Sgt. George P. Sibulski (As. Engineer), T/Sgt. Russell F. Doman (Engineer), S/Sgt. Lester V. Bebout (tail gunner), Thomas Grady (As. Radio). Lt. Paul S. Hite would be...

Crew with B-24 "WE'REWOLVES" in the Panagar in 1943, during WWII, August 1943, Panagar, India. In top image--Standing L-R: Capt. Edward L. McCoy, 1st Lt. Earl A. Rambow, T/Sgt. Russell F. Doman, S/Sgt. Thomas L. Grady. Kneeling L-R: T/Sgt. Roy A. Whistle, 1Lt. Robert L. "Mac" McIntosh, Lt. John Miller, S/Sgt. George P. Sibulski, S/Sgt. Lester V. Bebout. In bottom...

Walter Kappel and his crew with B-24 "Star Duster" in the CBI during WWII.