491st Bombardment Squadron

491st Bombardment Squadron maintenance personnel wish "Farewell" to 'Old 59' and its crew, Yangkai, March (?) 1944. Left-right, William 'Bill' Byran shakes hands with Capt Robert Ebey (pilot), who hides Capt William DeVries (engineering officer) , Lt. Hilliard Ebey (nav), Lt Paul Sjoberg (copilot), Lt George Jernigan (bombardier) shakes hands with M/Sgt Cecil ' Bo' Noe (line chief) with Sgt...

491st Bombardment Squadron B-25J's in flight. China 1944

Nicknamed "Joyce Marie", Johnny Burns' B-25 H (441) flying from Yangkai, 1944.

Two-Year party, Yangkai, China Oct. 18, 1944 Chisholm, Sizemore, Atkinson, Arel, Schumaier, Romanazzi, Carter, McGlockin, Eberhardt, Frank Bates.

Campout at Qingshuihai lake (清水海) : Wilbur Carter, Clarence Hall, end on right is Harry Gordon. See the same image in the Wozniak collection here.

Yangkai, China, before August 1944. William Larkin, Wllworth 'Bud' Chapin, Frank Bert, Wilbert 'Willie' Beausoleil From the collection of Frank Bates.

#444 at engine change, Yangkai, China, July 1944 Hammett, Basil Turko, Aspinwall, Bert, unk., and Burns From the collection of Frank Bates.

At #444's engine change, Yangkai, China, July 1944. S/Sgt Domonique Beaudetter, T/Sgt George Butsika, S/Sgt Elmer Peterson, S/Sgt Joseph Burns, M/Sgt John Aspinwall, T/Sgt Karl Hammett, S/Sgt Frank Bert. (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)

GIs Derby, Daggett, Trombley, unknown, Charlie Zangle, Wayne E. Cooper, Peter J. Bertani, Aug. 5, 1944. Probably at Yangkai air base. See related image here.

Daggett, Derby, Trombley, unknown, unknown, Cooper, Zangle. Probably at Yangkai air base. See related image here.