Bridges

Capt Kenneth R. Bridges (pilot), 491st Bomb Squadron, was killed in the crash of "Niagra's Belle" (43-3906) on 19 January 1945. His aircraft was one of four on a mission to bomb the railroad bridge at Dap-Cu, French Indo-China. Over the target his aircraft was hit by automatic weapons fire, damaging the right engine and causing it to quit as...

Posing beside B-25J # 439, "Niagra's Belle", of the 491st Bomb Squadron, are crewmembers; (left to right, back) Capt Kenneth R. Bridges (pilot), S/Sgt Joseph T. Young (flight engineer), Lt Arthur J. White, Jr., (bombardier); (front) T/Sgt James E. Starling and S/Sgt John H. McGee. Photo was taken at Yangkai, China. Later Ken Bridges (January 19, 1945) and John McGee...