Herdic

Lt John R. Herdic 1st Lt John R. Herdic (2nd from right) in front of a B-25 at Yangkai (Yangjie) airbase. Lt Herdic was KIA at Duong Dao, Indochina while bombing a railroad bridge on January 19, 1945. See the story about Lt Herdic here.

1st Lt John R. Herdic (2nd from right) in front of a B-25 at Yangkai (Yangjie) airbase. 1st Lt John R. Herdic was born in 1921 in Williamsport, PA, where he grew up. He was attending college when WWII broke out and signed up for the Army Air Force in early 1942. He was sent to navigator school in Texas...

An aircrew of the 491st Bomb Squadron pose for photo with the "Wabash Cannonball", a B-25H, at Yangkai, Airbase, China, circa 1944. Front row (left to right) - Cpl Glen A. Sneyd (engineer), S/Sgt Joseph A. Siana (armorer-gunner), T/Sgt Ashley F. Neary (radio); Back - Capt. James L. Wolfe (bombardier), Lt. William H. Briggs (pilot). Joe Siana, Glen Sneyd, and...