Bates

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

A B-25 bomber, tail #449, of the 491st Bombardment Squadron in flight on a mission.

Frank Willard Bates with B-25 #448, at Yangkai, about June 1944. During WWII.

“This is a B-25 C/F/G I worked on in 2 years in India & China.The plane was in Alameda, CA helping to celebrate Navy/Fleet Week in Oct. 1995" --Frank Willard Bates, Sr. Frank W. Bates was a member of 491st Bomb Squadron, and served in the CBI during WWII. Assigned to 491st on December 1, 1942 as an Aircraft Maintenance...

Bibis tamping, Chaukulia, India 1943.

American GIs and transport truck roadside in the CBI during WWII: Charles Bates and Nic Dekker.