491st Bombardment Squadron

Unidentified members, probably an aircrew, beside a B-25C of the 491st Bombardment Squadron at Chakulia, India, sometime in 1943.

Gen. Claire Chennault, Commander of 14th Air Force made a "surprise" visit to Yangkai in February 1944 to brief the flight leaders on a new bombing technique. Here he stands with officers of the 341st Bombardment Group (BmGrp), 11th, 22nd and 491st Bomb Squadrons. From left; Col. Caleb Haynes(?), Maj Edison Weatherly (22nd C.O.), Maj. James Callaway (491st CO), B.Gen...

Master Sergeant John A, Aspinwall (Maintenance Line Chief), 491st Bm Squadron, stands among the trees on 'Red Dust Hill', the housing and squadron areas for 341st Bomb Group personnel at Yangkai AB, China. (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)

An American flyer standing by the tail of a B-25 undergoing maintenance at Chakulia Airfield, India, in the CBI.

An 11th Bomb Squadron B-25J, #43-4387, in the preparation area at either Liuzhou or Guilin base, Guangxi province, China, in the fall of 1944. Photo was taken from the right side gunner position of another B-25. The propellers of '4387' are turning, so both aircraft are either returning from a mission or preparing to go on one. "Note the bombs...

An unidentified individual at the aircraft status board for the 22nd Bombardment Squadron, at Chakulia Air Base, India.The photo was taken after August 3 and September 10, 1943. The dates are based on two visible entry "B-25C, 42-55417, Missing In L.A.S. Action as of Aug 3, 4--" and the fact that 41-12950 went missing on September 10th. Of the seventeen...

Christmas 1944 in one of the 491st Bm Sq enlisted men's hostels at Yangkai base, Yunnan province, China. In his book "Diary of A Bomb Squadron" McKay Nelson wrote, "Christmas was celebrated quietly. A truckload of Christmas packages for the squadron came in, early in the evening. Midnight Mass had to be cancelled due to a 'Jing Bao' air raid...

A man talks to a lonely Chinese sentry somewhere in Yunnan province, China. From the collection of Wozniak, combat photographer for the 491st Bomb Squadron, in the CBI.

Allied bombing of railway in Yunnan or Indochina during WWII.