"Preserving the memory of their sacrifices!"
From the Collection of
Frank W. Bates
( 491st Bomb Squadron )
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Frank Bates, Aspinwall, A.B. Christensen at Chakulia, India.
Lemmon, Red Cummings, Peterson and Gibbs fusing bombs.
Most probably taken at Chakulia, India.
In #81's revetment. Don Chisolm,
Jim Lane and Mike Zamenski.
Chakulia, 1943.
Mike, Frank Bates, Alex and Jim.
Chakulia, 1943.
Mike, Jim Lane, Frank Bates and #81 'CARMEN', at Chakulia, 1943.
Frank wrote on a photo he sent home in 1944, while he was in China, "Mike & Jimmie Lane are long gone home. That is 'Carmen' there. I hear the old gal is still going strong in India. The picture is over a year old, back in the good old days."
Changing engines on #43; Milt Rose, Cal Achey, Frank Bert,
Pete Romanzzi, Bud Chapin(?), Alex(?)
Chakulia, either July or October 1943.
Jim Lane in the first -25 tail gun position, put in by Red Cummings.
about August 1943; Chakulia.
Another of Jim Lane in the modified tail gun position.
about August 1943; Chakulia.
front; Lecher, Schmidt, Clark, Penny, Routon
rear; Bryan, Gornick, Gebhart, Williams, Vollmer, Arndt
Yangkai, Early 1945.
Looks like #436 just arriving, new to the squdron.
The big guy kneeling under the plane,
with the cap brim up, is A. B. Christensen.
