491st Bomb Squadron---

The Transportation personnel of the 491st Bomb Squadron, Chakulia Air Base, India, 1943.

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

Unidentified aircrew members beside "Chattanooga Choo Choo", an 'experienced' B-25H, at Yangkai AB, China. This 491st Bomb Squadron aircraft carries the marking of many missions flown and two Japanese ships sunk. Possibly taken in the fall of 1944 or spring of '45. Not clearly visible, beneath the long trail of white smoke painted on the nose, is a locomotive and...

Early morning at Yankai Air Base, China. Aircrew, in flight jackets, and maintenance personnel of the the 491st Bomb Squadron prepare for a mission. This is probably a newly arrived aircraft, because the B-25D, no mission symbols are displayed below the pilot's window. Photo was probably taken in the spring of 1944. (Information courtesy of Tony Strotman)

A young woman uses a wooden rod to husk rice in a large stone mortar. Local people in China, probably in Yunnan province. From the collection of Wozniak, combat photographer for the 491st Bomb Squadron, in the CBI.

A girl holds a child. Local people in China, probably in Yunnan province.

An elderly villager with a long pipe in China, probably in Yunnan province. During WWII.

People in a small village in China, probably in Yunnan province.

Rural worker with baskets on a shoulder pole. Local people in China, probably in Yunnan province during WWII.

Before and during the bombing of a railroad bridge in China. Notice, in the before picture, the bomb craters to the left and to the right of the bridge. This was not the first time this bridge had been bombed. Veterans of the 491st, 22nd and 11th Bm Squadrons have told us that most often two or three months after...