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GI bringing in bales of Chinese currency after being spilled during an airplane crash in the CBI.

After returning to Liuzhou (Liuchow), China, Capt. Robert C. Pettingell, 491st Bomb Squadron Flight Leader, poses next to some of the damage received by the B-25J he was flying on a mission against White Cloud airfield near Canton in the spring of 1944. (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)

The C-46 transport "Itchy Pussy" hard on the ground in the CBI.

Everything stops as a Boeing B-29 Superfortress eases down to a runway in the CBI, probably at a base in Yunnan province. During WWII.

Officers of the 22nd Bombardment Squadron stand before one of the squadron's B-25's (C or D model) at Chakulia Air Base, India. (Info courtesy Tony Strotman)

Officers of the 22nd Bombardment Squadron stand before one of the squadron's B-25D's at Chakulia Air Base, India.

Unidentified aircrew of the 491st Bombardment Squadron (Ringer Squadron) stand beside aircraft "43-4481", a B-25H, at Yangkai Air Base, China. The squadron-assigned, combat id number is painted on the nose wheel, '81'.

Crewmembers of the 491st Bombardment Squadron pose before a B-25J at Yangkai AB, China, probably taken in early 1944. Front: T/Sgt Ronald W. Hirtle (radio), S/Sgt Chester R. Bigelow (?) (armorer), T/Sgt David E. Murphy (engineer) Back: Capt. George L. Velan (bombardier), Lt. Douglas H. Gassett (pilot)

491st Bombardment Squadron crew stands before a B-25J at Yangkai AB, China in summer of 1944. Left to right; back row: Lt. Walter P. Guest (cp), Capt Albert V. Toney (p), Lt Albert A. Barling, Jr. (n), Lt. Curtis A. Siria [Curtis H Siria?] (b) front row: S/Sgt Ernest J. Ross (EG), T/Sgt Oliver D. Swanson (RG), S/Sgt Joe D...

Unidentified aircrew members of the 491st Bombardment Squadron at Chakulia AB, India. The Squadron's early emblem (1942-43) representing "The Bomb Jockeys" shows clearly on the side of the B-25C. The insigne was not officially accepted. Late in 1943, their "Ringers Squadron" moto and emblem were accepted. (Information courtesy of Tony Strotman)