425th Bomb Sqdn.

B-24 bomber "C. E. 'Shack'" with crew on the ground. 425th Bomb Squadron, 308th Bombardment Group. Names painted on the nose of "C. E. 'Shack'" include those of 2nd Lt. Gordon C. Weems (copilot), 2nd Lt. Charles R. Thompson (navigator), and an unknown "Chick," who was possibly bombardier. (Info courtesy of deployment name list.) The crew apparently trained together at...

Lt. Woo of the 425th Bomb Squadron sits aside a 425th Bomb Squadron motorcycle that originally came to China on the Burma Road in 1942. 425th Bomb Squadron mechanic made repaired the motorcycle and made it operational after it was "Liberated" from the Chinese. In the CBI during WWII, during 1943 or early 1944. Photo from Robert L. Cowan.