Chakulia

'The bar of the 491st Bombardment Squadron Officers' Club at Chakulia Air Base, India. Notice the "Bomb Jockeys" emblems on the rear wall. The early insigne was not officially sanctioned. In the latter part of 1943 a new insigne, "Ringer Squadron", was accepted and became the 'official' emblem until replaced in 1957.

B-25s of the 491st Bomb Squadron at Chakulia AB, India in 1943.

An American flyer standing by the tail of a B-25 undergoing maintenance at Chakulia Airfield, India, in the CBI.

Assembled Men Of 491st. Second row, right Frank Bates; third row center, Capt Bill De Vries, Engineering Officer (in wheel hat).