491st Bombardment Squadron

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...

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...

1st Sgt Roy S. Bierbauer, 491st Bomb Squadron, and unidentified S/Sgt chat at the "Provost Sgt" desk in the orderly room, probably at Yangkai, China. Similar image here. (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)

Unidentified personnel of the 491st Bomb Squadron, behind the squadron's hostel, on "Red Dust Hill", Yangkai, China. The 'Ringer Squadron' insigne clearly visible on the man in the center of the rear row . (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)

After returning to Liuzhou (Liuchow), China, Capt. Robert C. Pettingell, 491st Bomb Squadron Flight Leader, poses next to some of the damage received by the B-25J he was flying on a mission against White Cloud airfield near Canton in the spring of 1944. (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)

Unidentified aircrew of the 491st Bombardment Squadron (Ringer Squadron) stand beside aircraft "43-4481", a B-25H, at Yangkai Air Base, China. The squadron-assigned, combat id number is painted on the nose wheel, '81'.

Crewmembers of the 491st Bombardment Squadron pose before a B-25J at Yangkai AB, China, probably taken in early 1944. Front: T/Sgt Ronald W. Hirtle (radio), S/Sgt Chester R. Bigelow (?) (armorer), T/Sgt David E. Murphy (engineer) Back: Capt. George L. Velan (bombardier), Lt. Douglas H. Gassett (pilot)

491st Bombardment Squadron crew stands before a B-25J at Yangkai AB, China in summer of 1944. Left to right; back row: Lt. Walter P. Guest (cp), Capt Albert V. Toney (p), Lt Albert A. Barling, Jr. (n), Lt. Curtis A. Siria [Curtis H Siria?] (b) front row: S/Sgt Ernest J. Ross (EG), T/Sgt Oliver D. Swanson (RG), S/Sgt Joe D...

Unidentified aircrew members of the 491st Bombardment Squadron at Chakulia AB, India. The Squadron's early emblem (1942-43) representing "The Bomb Jockeys" shows clearly on the side of the B-25C. The insigne was not officially accepted. Late in 1943, their "Ringers Squadron" moto and emblem were accepted. (Information courtesy of Tony Strotman)