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Rural farming countryside with rice paddies in China, probably in Yunnan province. During WWII.

An adobe brick building in countryside in China during WWII, probably in Yunnan province.

The B-25H "Rum Runner" from the 491st Bomb Squadron, the "RINGERS", flies in formation on a bombing mission during the Japanese "Ichigo" campaign. Sometime after this photo was taken Rum Runner, combat ID '439' was destroyed when they crashed landed near Liuzhou. No crewmen were seriously injured. Frank Willard Bates has provided photos of Rum Runner after the crash landing...

A large bomb explosion as seen from a bomber during allied bombing in the CBI.

Before and during the bombing of a railroad bridge in China. Notice, in the before picture, the bomb craters to the left and to the right of the bridge. This was not the first time this bridge had been bombed. Veterans of the 491st, 22nd and 11th Bm Squadrons have told us that most often two or three months after...

B-25H, "Wabash Cannonball", of the 491st Bomb Squadron in flight over China. Notice the 'smudge' behind the squadron emblem and below the pilot's side window. The smudge is the residue of the powder from when the side-mounted .50 caliber machine guns, are fired during a low-level attack on trains, rail yards, bridges, convoys, barges, troops, etc. From the collection of...

A B-25J of the 491st Bomb Squadron, drops bombs on a target somewhere in SW China or Burma. Named "Niagra's Belle", the squadron assigned combat id number '439' is visible on the tail and on the nose.

Photograph of B-25C in flight in the CBI, tail number 130367 (serial number 41-30367). Notice the machine gun (.50 cal.) barrel sticking out of the belly of '367.' This 491st Bomb Squadron aircraft was damaged by flak on 20 Dec 1943 and the crew bailed out. 2nd Lt. Charles H. Redd, navigator, became a POW. He survived and returned to...

An unidentified B-25H of 491st Bm Sq in formation flight somewhere over karst formations in SW China. Photo was taken from the right, waist gun position of an aircraft.

A 491st Bomb Squadron B-25H, tail #439, in formation flight somewhere over China. Look carefully above the tail to see two more B-25s just below the large cloud.