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Lawrence L. Lee, Max, N.D.; Wilbur J. Chapman, Panhandle, Texas; Corbett L. Carnegie, Grindstone Island, N.Y.: und Joseph J. Gatto, Falconer, N.Y. Allgemeines: Die Besatzung der 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. Personal und Ausrüstung der Luftwaffe. Der Pazifik, England, Wash. DC.
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1942-44 (größtenteils 1943) - NARA - 292576 Umfang und Inhalt: B-29-Männer bombardierten Tokio. Die Besatzung von "Waddy's Wagon", der fünften B-29, die zur ersten Tokio-Mission in Saipan startete und nach Bombardierung des Ziels als Erste landete. Crewmitglieder, die hier posieren, um ihre Karikaturen im Flugzeug zu kopieren, sind: Flugzeug C. O., Kapitän. Walter R. "Waddy" Young, Ponca City, Okla., ehemaliges 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., Funker; Lt. Bernard S. Black, Woodhave, L.I., Bordingenieur; Sgt. Kenneth M. Mansie von Randolph, Me., Tech., and gunners - Sgts. Dieses Flugzeug ging am 9. Januar 1945 verloren.
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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