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Beausoleil

491st Bombardment Squadron mechanics - Gibbs, Butsika, McArdle, Lacher, Pete, Beausoleil, unknown, Kealy - at Yangkai in the spring of 1944. Of special interest is the number of machine guns sticking from the nose of the "green house." The original B-25Ds had one flexible gun in the center, operated by the bombardier or navigator. Later, 'official' modifications would add two...
Yangkai, China, before August 1944. William Larkin, Wllworth 'Bud' Chapin, Frank Bert, Wilbert 'Willie' Beausoleil From the collection of Frank Bates.
Standing in front of B-25 #448 of the Ringer Squadron. China, July 1944. Earl E. Tweady, Donald H. Hunter, Robert Irwin, Francis E. Strohm, Shields, Kaysig (?), Bajokian, Beausoleil, rear left.