Wabash Cannonball

Aircrew members of the 491st Bomb Squadron pose for photo with the "Wabash Cannonball", a B-25H, at Yankgkai, Airbase, China, circa 1944. Left to right; front row - S/Sgt Walter S. Faulkner (engineer-gunner), T/Sgt Ramond L. Koenig (radio), T/Sgt Kenneth E. Norris (radio), S/Sgt Leo J. Flanagan (armorer); rear - Capt. Paul L. Ley (pilot), Capt Frank O. Cullen (pilot)...

An aircrew of the 491st Bomb Squadron pose for photo with the "Wabash Cannonball", a B-25H, at Yangkai, Airbase, China, circa 1944. Front row (left to right) - Cpl Glen A. Sneyd (engineer), S/Sgt Joseph A. Siana (armorer-gunner), T/Sgt Ashley F. Neary (radio); Back - Capt. James L. Wolfe (bombardier), Lt. William H. Briggs (pilot). Joe Siana, Glen Sneyd, and...

Air crew members of the 491st Bomb Squadron pose with the B-25H "Wabash Cannonball" at Yangkai, China. In back are Lt. Orlando W. Wood (pilot) and Lt. Walter H. Finne (pilot) with S/Sgt William H. Matthews (flight engineer), Cpl. George W. Burns (radio) and S/Sgt Robert M. Hickey (gunner) in the front. (Information provided by Tony Strotman)

491st Bomb Squadron air crew at Yangkai, China, with the B-25H "Wabash Cannonball". In back are Lt. Jack H. Wilson (pilot) and Lt. Russell M. Howard (navigator), with S/Sgt Ira M. Brown (gunner; kneeling, far left), T/Sgt. Donald Gralla (radio) , and S/Sgt Leonard J. Bendinsky (flight engineer). S/Sgt Ira M. Brown would be injured and spend time in hospital...

At Yangkai, China, posing with the B-25H "Wabash Cannonball", are air crewmen of the 491st Bomb Squadron. In front are T/Sgt Michael F. Hassay (flight engineer), T/Sgt John F. Daley (radio), and S/Sgt Kurt E. Hemrick (gunner). Behind them stand Lt. Frank S. Burgess (pilot), Lt. Farlie A. Garner (copilot), and Lt Gordon P. Edwards (bombardier). (Information provided by Tony...

Crew of American servicemen with the B-25H "Wabash Cannonball", of the 491st Bomb Squadron, in the CBI.

American servicemen with the B-25H "Wabash Cannonball", of the 491st Bomb Squadron, in the CBI. Fay W. Johnson, Cpl, Radio-Gunner, in front row, far right. Peter Ewonishon, 2nd Lt., Pilot, in back row, far right.

American aircrew men with the B-25H "Wabash Cannonball", of the 491st Bomb Squadron, at Yangkai Airbase, Yunnan Province, China, in the CBI. In unknown order, back row; 1Lt. Robert P. Ridley (pilot), Captain William F. Shutts (pilot), 1Lt. Sterling L Plunkett (nav-bomb); Front row (left to -right) S/Sgt Charles M. Sugg (engineer-gunner), T/Sgt John P. Humphries (radio-gunner), S/Sgt Walter U...

American servicemen with the B-25H "Wabash Cannonball", of the 491st Bomb Squadron, in the CBI.

B-25H, "Wabash Cannonball", of the 491st Bomb Squadron in flight over China. Notice the 'smudge' behind the squadron emblem and below the pilot's side window. The smudge is the residue of the powder from when the side-mounted .50 caliber machine guns, are fired during a low-level attack on trains, rail yards, bridges, convoys, barges, troops, etc. From the collection of...