491st Bomb Squadron---

A B-25J of the 491st Bomb Squadron, drops bombs on a target somewhere in SW China or Burma. Named "Niagra's Belle", the squadron assigned combat id number '439' is visible on the tail and on the nose.

A 491st Bomb Squadron B-25H, tail #439, in formation flight somewhere over China. Look carefully above the tail to see two more B-25s just below the large cloud.

A 491st Bomb Squadron aircraft on a formation mission in China, #439, "Rum Runner." It was destroyed in a crash landing at Liuzhou in June 1944. Two more aircraft are silhouetted against the cloud in the background. They appear to also be B-25s, however, we are unable to identify whether they are also 491st or aircraft from the 11th Bm...

Two B-25Ds of the 491st Bm Sq fly above a solid cloud layer. Running out of fuel because clouds hid the air fields caused more aircraft losses in China than did the enemy aircraft or anti-aircraft fire.

Three aircraft of the 491st Bm Sq, including B-25C, 42-64650, and B-25D, 41-29930, fly in formation somewhere over the Naga Hills in Burma in 1943.

491st Bomb Squadron aircraft #438, a B-25J appears smooth in formation flight in spite of large, turbulent clouds filling the China sky behind it. Notice the barrels of three .50 caliber machine guns sticking out of the nose of the aircraft. One is a flexible gun, used by the bombardier or navigator to defend the nose from attack. The other...

An American serviceman works on electrical equipment in an aircraft in the CBI during WWII. This image was scanned at high resolution from the original negative and the clarity and detail is exceptional. the white box in the upper right corner is labelled "Desiccated Normal Human Plasma," testifying to the deadly seriousness of the business of these aircraft and their...

Beautiful scenery in China, including a large tree and rice paddies. During WWII.

Roy S. Bierbauer, First Sergeant for the 491st Bomb Squadron at both Chakulia Air Base, India, and Yangkai Air Base, China. During WWII.

U.S. Army Air Forces (Air Corps) 2nd Lieutenant Harold R. Frederick in a photo he dedicated to Eugene Wozniak, "To Wazzy--The Hurrell of the 491st." Lt. Frederick refers to Wozniak's nickname, 'Wazzy', and provides him a great complement by comparing him with George Hurrell. Hurrell made a significant contribution to the image of glamour presented by Hollywood during the 1930s...