Chicken Charlie

Memorial poem and scripture from Clemson Memorial Service, December 7, 1944, where Lt. White and others were remembered. (Courtesy of Clemson University TigerPrints.) We hope to create here the story of William H. C. White, 11th Bomb Squadron, 341st Bomb Group, who was killed on December 30, 1943 while on a bombing run on the Yangtze river. We plan to...

Harland B. Keating in flying gear in posed image from August 6, 1942. (Image courtesy of Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center.) Harland B. Keating, 11th Bomb Squadron, who was killed on December 30, 1943 while on a bombing run on the Yangtze river. We plan to never forget. To read about our search and visit to Harland Keating...

A picture of Lynnwood Smith on a shelf in the home of one of his kin, in 2007. (Photo by Patrick Lucas.) Lynnwood W. Smith, 11th Bomb Squadron , who was killed on December 30, 1943 while on a B-25 bombing run on the Yangtze river. During the summer of 2007 his nephew and family was gracious to share their...

Keepsake (above)--a piece of the parachute used to bailout, signed by all the people who bailed out that day. Text below courtesy of Elmer Bukey. This is a story about my bail-out from an 11th Bomb plane named "Chicken Charlie". On the 30th of March 1944 I was told to preflight the B-25 in preparation for a test flight prior...