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22nd Bomb Squadron B-25D Hard On Belly

A B-25D of the 22nd Bomb Squadron 'Bombing Eagles' of the 341st Bomb Group rests down on its belly at an airfield in Kunming, China, February 3, 1944. This wrecked B-25 Mitchell should be B-25D-15, #41-30385.   Major Weatherly, the pilot, surveys the crash damage, as does and MP. At the base of the wing is a dark area: damage caused by hitting a ship’s mast during a strafing run (and causing this crash). More information about Major Weatherby and this crash can be seen here.  (Thanks for the research and in
A boxy field-installed tail canopy can be seen at the tail (see more about this modification here).
A boxy field-installed tail canopy can be seen at the tail (see more about this modification here).

A B-25D of the 22nd Bomb Squadron 'Bombing Eagles' of the 341st Bomb Group rests down on its belly at an airfield in Kunming, China, February 3, 1944. This wrecked B-25 Mitchell should be B-25D-15, #41-30385. 

Major Weatherly, the pilot, surveys the crash damage, as does and MP. At the base of the wing is a dark area: damage caused by hitting a ship’s mast during a strafing run (and causing this crash). More information about Major Weatherly and this crash can be seen here.

(Thanks for the research and information supplied by Yves Marino and Tony Strotman.)

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