1943

Harland B. Keating in flying gear in posed image from August 6, 1942. (Image courtesy of Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center.) Harland B. Keating, 11th Bomb Squadron, who was killed on December 30, 1943 while on a bombing run on the Yangtze river. We plan to never forget. To read about our search and visit to Harland Keating...

A picture of Lynnwood Smith on a shelf in the home of one of his kin, in 2007. (Photo by Patrick Lucas.) Lynnwood W. Smith, 11th Bomb Squadron , who was killed on December 30, 1943 while on a B-25 bombing run on the Yangtze river. During the summer of 2007 his nephew and family was gracious to share their...

(This item about Finley Howard Ganoe copied with appreciation from Gary Fields at http://www.geocities.com/heartland/acres/4783/hero.html in 2007, and originally written over 10 years before that. If anyone has additional images or information to provide regarding Mr. Ganoe, please contact Patrick Lucas at pat@rshonor.org) HOMETOWN HERO Finley Howard Ganoe March 8th, 1924 ~ January 12th, 1943 "The Department of War told me...

Kenneth Williams in Kunming with a fanged P-40 named 'Jinx'. Notice the bent propellers.

Kenneth Williams after being injured in allied friendly-fire bombing. November 5, 1943. At Baoshan (Paoshan), China, near Burma. During WWII.

The WASC Bulletin sheet for Kunming, China dated May 17, 1943. (WASC is War Area Service Corps.)

"Bob" Fensler grew up an active youth in the Tule Lake, California, area, as in this image, as a young hunter with his dog. Model airplanes hanging from the ceiling of Robert Fensler\'s bedroom in the 1930s. Capt. Robert Wilson Fensler, 425th Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb Group, was tragically lost in 1943 while flying on a B-24, "The Pregnant Swan,"...

1st Lt. Albert Lloyd Haynes Jr. of the 26th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Group, 14th Air Force. Lt. Albert (Pappy) Haynes was a P-40 (#43-11365) pilot who was shot down and lost on July 5th, 1944 over Hengyang, Hunan Province returning from escorting B-25s after taking off from Guilin. Albert's thoughts of flying came from his grandfather's side of the...

Lengthening the E-W runway by 81 for B-29's, Chaukulia, India Dec 1943.

Jim Lane in tail gun (.50 cal.) put in B-25 #81, summer of 1943, Chaukulia, India, as a field modification (see more about this modification here). This should be B-25D-15, #41-30381, assigned to the 491BS/341BG while the unit was stationed at Chakulia. (Thanks for the research and information supplied by Yves Marino and Tony Strotman.)