449th Fighter Squadron

Remains of American P-38 aircraft “Butch II”--this was piloted by famous football star Tom Harmon. He had christened his P-38 “Butch II” after his girlfriend, actress Elyse “Butch” Knox, and had commissioned a painting designed by Walt Disney himself, whom Harmon had befriended in Hollywood: a rendition of the cartoon character Peg-­leg Pete, wearing Harmon’s football jersey, crushing a swastika...

B-25 Mitchell bomber, tail number #448, and P-38s in flight in the CBI, in the area of southern China, Indochina, or Burma.

The P-38G Lightning fighter plane "Golden Eagle" (#42-13437 ) gets another bomb emblem after another mission, while Chinese guard keeps watch. #7871 Piloted by Capt Billie Beardsley. This plane was a member of the 51st Fighter Group 449th Fighter Squadron "Twin Tailed Dragons"(thanks jbarbaud).