Wozniak

A 491st Bomb Squadron aircraft on a formation mission in China, #439, "Rum Runner." It was destroyed in a crash landing at Liuzhou in June 1944. Two more aircraft are silhouetted against the cloud in the background. They appear to also be B-25s, however, we are unable to identify whether they are also 491st or aircraft from the 11th Bm...

Two B-25Ds of the 491st Bm Sq fly above a solid cloud layer. Running out of fuel because clouds hid the air fields caused more aircraft losses in China than did the enemy aircraft or anti-aircraft fire.

This unidentified B-25C has its bomb bay doors open as the formation approaches a target somewhere in Burma. From the collection of Wozniak, combat photographer for the 491st Bomb Squadron, in the CBI.

Three aircraft of the 491st Bm Sq, including B-25C, 42-64650, and B-25D, 41-29930, fly in formation somewhere over the Naga Hills in Burma in 1943.

491st Bomb Squadron aircraft #438, a B-25J appears smooth in formation flight in spite of large, turbulent clouds filling the China sky behind it. Notice the barrels of three .50 caliber machine guns sticking out of the nose of the aircraft. One is a flexible gun, used by the bombardier or navigator to defend the nose from attack. The other...

Photograph of a draft on an insignia for CBI combat photographers.

An American serviceman works on electrical equipment in an aircraft in the CBI during WWII. This image was scanned at high resolution from the original negative and the clarity and detail is exceptional. the white box in the upper right corner is labelled "Desiccated Normal Human Plasma," testifying to the deadly seriousness of the business of these aircraft and their...

Eugene T. Wozniak and Chinese friend in the CBI.

Hard-working Chinese nurses at rest at a base in the CBI.

American servicemen--including an African-American serviceman--work on a truck along some road somewhere in the CBI during WWII.