#426

B-25 Mitchell bomber, tail number #426, takes off from an airstrip, possibly Yangkai (Yangjie) air strip in Yunnan province, China.

A North American B-25D of the 491st Bomb Squadron under goes maintenance in a revetment at Yangkai, China in 1944. The aircraft is Sq # has been changed from "426", as seen on the side of the nose, to "447". We do not know why this was done. Also notice in the top photo, the original serial number, which would...