| North American B-25J-10-NC Mitchell “Jaunty Jo,“ serial number 43-36192, 498th Bomb Squadron, 348th Bomb Group, Fifth Air Force (Far East Air Force) was struck by hidden antiaircraft artillery just after deploying 250-pound (113.4-kilogram) parachute-retarded demolition bombs on the Byoritsu Alcohol Refinery in Formosa. The cockpit has been torn open. Seconds later the plane crashed, killing the entire crew: Second Lieutenant Robert J. Knauf, Second Lieutenant Martin H. Mulner, First Lieutenant Lloyd E. Bodell, Corporal Harold O. Montville, and Gunnery Sergeant Tennyson C. Harrell. The plane was one of 16 B-25s that were attempting to deny the Japanese the ability to process synthetic fuel from sugar cane. Byoritsu refinery was hit in March, May and July 1945. | |
| Image Filename | wwii1202.jpg |
| Image Size | 1.56 MB |
| Image Dimensions | 2938 x 2010 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Photographer Title | |
| Caption Author | Jason McDonald |
| Date Photographed | May 26, 2007 |
| Location | Byoritsu Oil Refinery |
| City | Byoritsu |
| State or Province | Taichu Province, Formosa |
| Country | China |
| Archive | National Archives and Records Administration |
| Record Number | |
| Status | Caption ©2007, ©2024 MFA Productions LLC Image in the Public Domain |
Author of the World War II Multimedia Database