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B-25s fly in front of Yishan/Ishan 宜山 (now Yizhou) in Guangxi province, SW China, among Karst peaks during the Japanese Ichigo campaign of summer and fall 1944. Towns along the Ichigo route were bombed by American planes as the Japanese moved into them, or sometimes in advance, to deny the resources of the towns to the incoming Japanese. The Japanese...
A railroad bridge is bombed on a river, probably in SW China, Indochina, or the China-Burma border region.
A B-25 Mitchell bomber, #448, in flight and dropping bombs in the CBI, in the area of southern China, Indochina, or Burma.
B-25 Mitchell bombers dropping bombs in flight in the CBI, in the area of southern China, Indochina, or Burma.
B-25 Mitchell bombers in flight and dropping bombs in the CBI, in the area of southern China, Indochina, or Burma.
Bomb hit on Japanese ship, likely in South China Sea. A clearly very destructive hit on Japanese shipping by B-25 Mitchell bombers.
B-25s fly away from just-bombed Yishan (now Yizhou) in Guangxi province, SW China, among Karst peaks during the Japanese Ichigo campaign of summer and fall 1944. Towns along the Ichigo route were bombed by American planes as the Japanese moved into them, or sometimes in advance, to deny the resources of the towns to the incoming Japanese. The Japanese entered...
Railroad yards at Kwanshuishih, China, 75 miles north of Hankow on the Ping-Han R.R., were hit by B-25S of the Chinese-American Composite Wing's 'Avenger' Bomb Squadron with 88 percent of the bombs exploding on the target area. Tracks were completely destroyed and thirteen storage buildings were blown to bits with additional buildings receiving severe blast damage. Image courtesy of Tony...
A B-25 of the CACW on a practice "skip bombing" run in India. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.
A B-25 bombs 9000-foot Yellow River bridge. June 24, 1944, 1st Bomb Group, Provisional; 2nd Bomb Squadron. Near Kaifeng, Henan, China. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.