Ringer Squadron

American B-25s of the Ringer Squadron in flight in the CBI during WWII.

1st Lt John R. Herdic (2nd from right) in front of a B-25 at Yangkai (Yangjie) airbase. 1st Lt John R. Herdic was born in 1921 in Williamsport, PA, where he grew up. He was attending college when WWII broke out and signed up for the Army Air Force in early 1942. He was sent to navigator school in Texas...

First Lt. Richard P. Kendall, pilot, leans out window of a 491st Bomb Squadron's B-25D aircraft in a revetment at Yang Chiseh Airfield, Yangkai, Yunnan Province, China. This plane has been modified with the twin .50 caliber machine gun side packs on lower fuselage side. Another would be on the opposite, starboard, side of the plane.

A B-25 of the Ringer Squadron flying in the CBI.

Robert Fox holds a heavy machine gun in front of a B-25 of the Ringer Squadron.

A B-25 of the Ringer Squadron under maintenance, having its engines swapped, at Yangkai in the CBI during WWII. Tall man wearing service (billed) cap in both photos is Capt. William DeVries, Engineering Office. He was named 'Tall Sahib' by native workers while the squadron was stationed in India.

"Joyce Marie", a B-25H of the 491st Bomb Squadron, flies in formation somewhere in the CBI.

In this intriguing photo, two B-25Cs of the 491st Bomb Squadron fly near the coastline in the CBI. Despite significant damage to the photo itself, still the content is very eye catching, so much that one wonders who the men in the turret and cockpit were.

Posing beside B-25J # 439, "Niagra's Belle", of the 491st Bomb Squadron, are crewmembers; (left to right, back) Capt Kenneth R. Bridges (pilot), S/Sgt Joseph T. Young (flight engineer), Lt Arthur J. White, Jr., (bombardier); (front) T/Sgt James E. Starling and S/Sgt John H. McGee. Photo was taken at Yangkai, China. Later Ken Bridges (January 19, 1945) and John McGee...

Posing with the B-25J #439, "Niagra's Belle", this air crew of the 491st Bomb Squadron includes (l-r, back) Capt. James E. Andrews (pilot), T/Sgt George A. Penny (flight engineer), Lt. Frank J. Belot (bombardier) and (l-r, front) T/Sgt John W. Schmidt (radio), S/Sgt David E. Williams (armorer-gunner). Photo was taken at Yangkai, China. (Information provided by Tony Strotman)