491st Bomb Squadron---

An aerial photograph taken from an American war plane over a Japanese-held railway in SW China or Indo-China during WWII in the CBI.

American and Chinese military leaders meet to discuss battle in the CBI using a topographical model made of adobe bricks and dirt. During WWII. Notice what appears to be a woman in civilian clothing sitting on a sedan chair on the left. (Images provided via Tony Strotman)

This image shows US vehicles in the midst of retreat in China during WWII, 1944. (Images provided via Tony Strotman)

A B-25J, #438 of 491st Bomb Squadron takes off from Yang Chiseh Airfield, Yankai, Yunnan Province.

An American bombing raid on Japanese shipping, running just feet above a Japanese ship. Notice the white-suited sailors, probably Japanese or Korean, in action on the ship. This photo by T/Sgt Volmer, tailgunner. From a mission on Hong Kong, 491st Bomb Squadron. Click here for a detailed description of this mission.

Photo from a B-25 Mitchell running right over a Japanese ship very low during a raid on Hong Kong. Notice bombs in the air on the left, and blurred outline of the plane's twin machine guns in the foreground (presumably this photo is through the tail gunner's window). The separate B-25 that is dropping those bombs is outlined in shadow...

Fury and havoc on Japanese shipping. These two images, in such close succession, tell us that there were at least two photographers on that mission. From a mission on Hong Kong, 491st Bomb Squadron. Click here for a detailed description of this mission.

Two views of an attack on the same Japanese ship in Hong Kong harbor. These two images, in such close succession, tell us that there were at least two photographers on that mission. One was T/Sgt Vollmer, tailgunner. From the collection of Eugene T. Wozniak. From a mission on Hong Kong, 491st Bomb Squadron. Click here for a detailed description...

American aerial attack on Japanese shipping, maybe related to a mission on Hong Kong. 491st Bomb Squadron. Notice the American aircraft closing from the right on Japanese shipping. During WWII.

Photos of close-in bombing. From a mission on Hong Kong, 491st Bomb Squadron. Click here for a detailed description of this mission.