491st Bomb Squadron---

Captain George Williams, MIA. On March 5, 1944, three B-25s of the 491st Bombardment Squadron (341st Bombardment Group) were supported by five B-25s of the 22nd Bomb Squadron. The formation was led by Captain George Williams (491st) in an attack on Chiang Mai, Airdrome, Thailand. One aircraft dropped bombs on the barracks area northeast of the runway, starting two fires...

1st Lt. John P. Toler, MIA. On March 5, 1944, three B-25s of the 491st Bombardment Squadron (341st Bombardment Group) were supported by five B-25s of the 22nd Bomb Squadron. The formation was led by Captain George Williams (491st) in an attack on Chiang Mai, Airdrome, Thailand. One aircraft dropped bombs on the barracks area northeast of the runway, starting...

T/Sgt Irving H. Pelkey, MIA, on March 5, 1944. On March 5, 1944, three B-25s of the 491st Bombardment Squadron (341st Bombardment Group) were supported by five B-25s of the 22nd Bomb Squadron. The formation was led by Captain George Williams (491st) in an attack on Chiang Mai, Airdrome, Thailand. One aircraft dropped bombs on the barracks area northeast of...

S/Sgt Harry A. Mozian, MIA. On March 5, 1944, three B-25s of the 491st Bombardment Squadron (341st Bombardment Group) were supported by five B-25s of the 22nd Bomb Squadron. The formation was led by Captain George Williams (491st) in an attack on Chiang Mai, Airdrome, Thailand. One aircraft dropped bombs on the barracks area northeast of the runway, starting two...

Lt. Emory L. Wofford of the 491st Bomb Squadron was on of 16 pilots to ferry A-26 'Invader' aircraft to USAAF forces in Germany in October 1945. Click here to see him in a crew photo. Because he is the only 'Wofford' listed on the 491st Bombardment Squadron roster, he has often been confused with Lt. Carl A Wofford, who...

S/Sgt John H. McGee, 491st Bomb Squadron, was killed during operations in the CBI. Click here to see him in a crew group photo. John H. Mc Gee ID: 38220684 Entered the Service From: Texas Rank: Staff Sergeant Service: U.S. Army Air Forces, 491st Bomber Squadron, 341st Bomber Group, Medium Died: Monday, April 02, 1945 Buried at: Honolulu Memorial Location...

Capt Kenneth R. Bridges (pilot), 491st Bomb Squadron, was killed in the crash of "Niagra's Belle" (43-3906) on 19 January 1945. His aircraft was one of four on a mission to bomb the railroad bridge at Dap-Cu, French Indo-China. Over the target his aircraft was hit by automatic weapons fire, damaging the right engine and causing it to quit as...

"Joyce Marie", a B-25H of the 491st Bomb Squadron, flies in formation somewhere in the CBI.

Posing with the B-25J #439, "Niagra's Belle", this air crew of the 491st Bomb Squadron includes (l-r, back) Capt. James E. Andrews (pilot), T/Sgt George A. Penny (flight engineer), Lt. Frank J. Belot (bombardier) and (l-r, front) T/Sgt John W. Schmidt (radio), S/Sgt David E. Williams (armorer-gunner). Photo was taken at Yangkai, China. (Information provided by Tony Strotman)

A squadron aircrew poses B-25J, #"439 of the 491st Bomb Squadron, at Yangkai, China. (left-right) Rear; 1Lt Murtrie W. Dula (copilot); S/Sgt George E. Sisson (engineer), Capt. Thomas O. Coleman (pilot) front; S/Sgt William S. Gillis (radio) and S/Sgt John S. Morrison (gunner) (Information provided by Tony Strotman)