Kershaw

Eugene Montgomery passes a .50 cal machine gun up to Lloyd Kershaw, leaning out of the "green house" at Yangkai Airbase, China, in March 1944. They were preparing "Old '59'" for the beginning of its trip back to the USA where the the war weary B-25 and its original crew, from the 491st "Ringer Squadron" would tour on a War...

The day Old '59 left for home. Yangkai, March (?) 1944. Lloyd Kershaw, Eugene Montgomery, Peterson.

These 491st Bomb Squadron maintenance personnel pose for a photo after preparing "Old 59" for its triumphant return to the USA. Wishing the plane a safe trip are Clayton E. "Fred" Nash, Wilbur Carter, Atkinson, Joseph A. Bicagalupo, Joseph F. Burns, Karl E. Hammett, center rear -- Frank Bates, William W. Byrant, Elmer M. Peterson, Arnold B. Christensen, Lloyd E...

Lloyd Kershaw works in the bombardier's compartment of "Old 59". This B-25C of the 491st Bomb Squadron had completed 221 combat missions, as represented by the 'bomb' symbols painted above the Squadron's ' Ringers' insigne. Kershaw was preparing the aircraft for its trip back to the USA. An unidentified "Old 59" crew member stands beside a Chinese soldier, who would...