491st Bomb Squadron---

Lt John R. Herdic 1st Lt John R. Herdic (2nd from right) in front of a B-25 at Yangkai (Yangjie) airbase. Lt Herdic was KIA at Duong Dao, Indochina while bombing a railroad bridge on January 19, 1945. See the story about Lt Herdic here.

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...

A town and dock area is bombed along a river, probably in SW China, Indochina, or the China-Burma border region. During WWII.

A rough karst mountain landscape as seen from a B-25 Mitchell, in SW China, or Indochina, or the China-Burma border area.

B-25 Mitchells fly away from a recently bombed town, with a confluence of road and railway bridges right in the smoking bombed area. Probably in SW China, Indochina, or the China-Burma border region. During WWII.

Rural landscapes as seen from a B-25 Mitchell, in SW China, or Indochina, or the China-Burma border area. Karst mountains can be seen clearly in the lower image.

Landscapes as seen from a B-25 Mitchell, in SW China, or Indochina, or the China-Burma border area. Karst mountains can be seen in the distance.

In these three images, we see a small town in Guangxi Province, SW China, being bombed by American B-25 bombers. In the succession of images we see the progress of the bombing. In the first image, just as the first bombs hit, one can see a few trucks of a Japanese convoy sparsely about the town, and a few people...

A railroad bridge is bombed along a river, probably in SW China, Indochina, or the China-Burma border region. More images of an attack on this bridge can be seen here.

A railway bridge is bombed by American aircraft along a river, probably in SW China, Indochina, or the China-Burma border region. More images of an attack on this bridge can be seen here.