1944

491st Bombardment Squadron maintenance personnel wish "Farewell" to 'Old 59' and its crew, Yangkai, March (?) 1944. Left-right, William 'Bill' Byran shakes hands with Capt Robert Ebey (pilot), who hides Capt William DeVries (engineering officer) , Lt. Hilliard Ebey (nav), Lt Paul Sjoberg (copilot), Lt George Jernigan (bombardier) shakes hands with M/Sgt Cecil ' Bo' Noe (line chief) with Sgt...

491st Bombardment Squadron B-25J's in flight. China 1944

Nicknamed "Joyce Marie", Johnny Burns' B-25 H (441) flying from Yangkai, 1944.

Christmas in the barracks at Yangkai, China, 1944. James Devol, Louis Macaluso, Vincent Luccarelli. See similar image in Wozniak collection here.

Two-Year party, Yangkai, China Oct. 18, 1944 Chisholm, Sizemore, Atkinson, Arel, Schumaier, Romanazzi, Carter, McGlockin, Eberhardt, 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)

GIs Derby, Daggett, Trombley, unknown, Charlie Zangle, Wayne E. Cooper, Peter J. Bertani, Aug. 5, 1944. Probably at Yangkai air base. See related image here.

Villages threshing rice in the first village, on way to Yangkai, China 1944. During WWII.