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The B-25 "Reckless Virgin." Frank Bert 25, Yangkai, 1945.

There were no hangars at Yangkai AB, nor any airbase in China. This required all aircraft maintenance to be performed in the open, regardless of weather conditions. These 491st Bomb Squadron mechanics are changing engines on squadron aircraft #444, "Shark Mouth", in the spring of 1944. Frenchy Beaudetter, George Butsika, John Burns, John Aspinwall, Karl Hammett, Frank Bert, Frank Bates...

Yangkai, China, before August 1944. William Larkin, Wllworth 'Bud' Chapin, Frank Bert, Wilbert 'Willie' Beausoleil From the collection of Frank Bates.

#444 at engine change, Yangkai, China, July 1944 Hammett, Basil Turko, Aspinwall, Bert, unk., and Burns From the collection of Frank Bates.

At #444's engine change, Yangkai, China, July 1944. S/Sgt Domonique Beaudetter, T/Sgt George Butsika, S/Sgt Elmer Peterson, S/Sgt Joseph Burns, M/Sgt John Aspinwall, T/Sgt Karl Hammett, S/Sgt Frank Bert. (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)

Changing engines in #43. either on July or October 1943. Chaukulia, India. Mit Rose, Cal Achey, Frank Bert, Pete Romanazzi, Bud Chapin, Alex.