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Air Force personnel & equipment. The Pacific, England, Wash. DC. 1942-44 (mostly 1943) - NARA - 292576

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Scope and content: B-29 Men bombed Tokyo. The crew of "Waddy's Wagon", fifth B-29 to take off on the initial Tokyo mission from Saipan, and first to land after bombing the target. Crew members, posing here to duplicate their caricatures on the plane, are : Plane C. O., Capt. Walter R. "Waddy" Young, Ponca City, Okla., former All-American end; Lt. Jack H. Vetters, Corpus Christi, Texas, pilot; Lt. John F. Ellis, Moberly, Mo., bombardier; Lt. Paul R. Garrison, Lancaster, Pa., navigator; Sgt. George E. Avon, Syracuse, N.Y., radio operator; Lt. Bernard S. Black, Woodhave, L.I., Flight Engineer; Sgt. Kenneth M. Mansie of Randolph, Me., Tech., and gunners - Sgts. Lawrence L. Lee, Max, N.D.; Wilbur J. Chapman, Panhandle, Texas; Corbett L. Carnegie, Grindstone Island, N.Y.: and Joseph J. Gatto, Falconer, N.Y.

General notes: The crew of the USAAF Boeing B-29-40-BW Superfortress (s/n 42-24598) "Waddy's Wagon", 20th Air Force, 73rd Bomb Wing, 497th Bomb Group, 869th Bomb Squadron. This aircraft was lost on 9 January 1945.

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine heavy bomber designed by Boeing during the Second World War. It was used primarily by the United States Army Air Forces in the Pacific theatre of World War II and also during the Korean War. The B-29 was one of the largest aircraft of its time, with a wingspan of 141 feet and a length of 99 feet. It had a top speed of 357 mph and a range of over 3,000 miles. The B-29 was also the first bomber to have a pressurised cabin, allowing it to fly at high altitudes without the need for oxygen masks. One of the most famous B-29s was the Enola Gay, which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on 6 August 1945.

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497th bombardment group united states army air forces air gunners group photographs with aircraft military january 1945 nose art on b 29 radio operators aircraft us national archives series ft leavenworth signal corps photograph collection equipment file compiled 1939 1965 waddys wagon national archives and records administration high resolution ultra high resolution aircraft 1940 s aircrafts boeinng aircrafts public domain aircraft photos boeing aircrafts 1940 s corpus christi texas
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Boeing B-29

Four-engine, propeller-driven bomber. The aircraft was produced for the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) and was used by the USAF and the US Navy, as well as foreign air forces, including the Royal Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force.
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497th bombardment group united states army air forces air gunners group photographs with aircraft military january 1945 nose art on b 29 radio operators aircraft us national archives series ft leavenworth signal corps photograph collection equipment file compiled 1939 1965 waddys wagon national archives and records administration high resolution ultra high resolution aircraft 1940 s aircrafts boeinng aircrafts public domain aircraft photos boeing aircrafts 1940 s corpus christi texas