B-25 Mitchell

Elden E. Shirley, S/Sgt., from Saco, Maine, bombardier on the B-25, lost in the CBI on 8 May 1943. A marker listing him and most of the crew was placed at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Section 82 Site 202, 2900 Sheridan Road, St. Louis, Mo. (Image at top, and much information, courtesy of Tony Strotman.)

A crew of the 11th Bomb Squadron, 341st Bomb Group, stands beside their B-25 "The Reluctant Dragon" somewhere in China on 2 February 1943. They are: Capt. John C. Ruse Lt. George E. Robertson S/Sgt. Elden E. Shirley (KIA on 8 May 1943 on "Lonesome Polecat") James W Broughton S/Sgt. Dell Ogden S/Sgt. Charles Mohr Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

On 8 May 1943, ten B-25 bombers of the 341st Bomb Group, 11th Bomb Squadron, targeted Tien Hoa Airport, Canton. While the formation was approaching the target the plane piloted by Capt Douglas Weaver exploded just as bomb bay doors were opening. The remaining aircraft dropped all of their bombs in the target area scoring three direct hits on the...

Members of the 341st Bomb Group are presented awards in 1942 in China on 20 December 1942. They are: Lt. Dallas Clinger Col. Herbert Morgan Col. William E. Basye Capt. Campbell Sgt. Doug Radney Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

B-25s fly away from just-bombed Yishan (now Yizhou) in Guangxi province, SW China, among Karst peaks during the Japanese Ichigo campaign of summer and fall 1944. Towns along the Ichigo route were bombed by American planes as the Japanese moved into them, or sometimes in advance, to deny the resources of the towns to the incoming Japanese. The Japanese entered...

A crew of the 11th Bomb Squadron, 341st Bomb Group, stands besides their B-25 "Gopher" somewhere in China on 2 February 1943. They are: Capt. Allen P. Forsythe Lt. Albert G. Biggs Capt. Horace E. Crouch S/Sgt. William Williams S/Sgt. Roland Palagi Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

A crew of the 11th Bomb Squadron, 341st Bomb Group, stands beside their B-25 "The Rattler" somewhere in China on 2 February 1943. They are: Lt. Lucian Youngblood Lt. James C. Routt Lt. Charles Bethea S/Sgt. Edward M. Cooning Sgt. Norman Parker Sgt. James M. Ayers Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

A crew of the 11th Bomb Squadron, 341st Bomb Group, stands beside a B-25 somewhere in China on 2 February 1943. They are: Capt. Robert. V. Ford Lt. Franklin. F. Young Lt. Glee. C. Smyth T/Sgt. Claire. L. Pattengale S/Sgt. S. J. MacLaughlin Capt. Melvin. R. Wilcox Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

A crew of the 11th Bomb Squadron, 341st Bomb Group, stands beside their B-25 "The Saint" somewhere in China on 2 February 1943. They are: Crandall H. Hagan Clece L. Bingham Frank J. Ralph, Jr. Charles H. Patton Robert E. Johnson Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

A crew of the 11th Bomb Squadron, 341st Bomb Group, stands beside a B-25 "Tokyo Jo" somewhere in China on 2 February 1943. They are: Capt. E. W. Holstrom Lt. L. J. Murphy Capt. Clayton Campbell Lt. George A. Stout T/Sgt. Douglas V. Radney S/Sgt. Robert T. Schafer Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.