491st Bomb Squadron---

A tattered farmer with a shoulder pole in Yunnan province, China. During WWII.

A decorative gate, strangely by itself, in the countryside somewhere in Yunnan province, China. During WWII.

Nose are from B-25 #448 "Rhode Island Red". From the collection of Wozniak, combat photographer for the 491st Bomb Squadron, in the CBI.

491st Bomb Squadron aerial bombing on small Chinese town during WWII.

American and Chinese soldiers pose on the trunk of a large tree during a friendly day outing, mostly likely in Yunnan. During WWII.

A Mitchell B-25, tail number 444, flies away from a site just bombed in China or Indochina area.

A B-25 under maintenance in the CBI during WWII. Notice the canvas cover over the turret on the fuselage.

Chinese workers pulling a large roller at a base in Guangxi province (probably Liuzhou, but maybe Guilin), China. See related image. From the collection of combat photographer Eugene T. Wozniak, 491st Bomb Squadron.

The notation provided by Al on the back of the photo is simply, "Waiting to evacuate." This is just prior to the Japanese over running the base (at Liuzhou or Guilin) in October 1944, as part of Ichigo.

Aircraft mechanics George Butsika, John Aspinwall, Clayton E. Nash, pose next to a B-25G of the 491st Bomb Squadron at Yangkai AB, China, shortly after the squadron arrived in January 1944. M/Sgt Aspinwall was the maintenance Line Chief, responsible for all 491st aircraft maintenance.