The B-29 # 44-69901, was manufactured by Boeing Aircraft, Wichita KS and delivered to the USAAF on 5 March 1945. It was sent to the Birmingham Modification Center AL and then to the Pacific Theater of Operations via Herrington AAF, KS and Mather AAF CA. The aircraft departed the US 10 April 1945 and returned 7 September 1945. It was placed in storage at Davis-Monthan AFB AZ on 6 December 1945, traveling via Mather AAF and Walker AAF KS. It remained in storage with the 4105th AAF Base Unit (later 3040th Aircraft Storage Squadron) at Davis-Monthan until 26 April 1954 when it was scrapped there as surplus.
Standing L to R
1st Lt Elmer C. Jones, Radar
1st Lt Charles D. Baldridge, Jr., Bomb
1st Lt Thomas A. Bell, AC
2nd Lt Richard D. Harrison, Pilot
1st Lt Joseph F. Callaghan, Nav
Capt Holcomb, 314th Wing Radar Officer
Middle Row L to R
Sgt Thomas F Smith, Jr., TG
S/Sgt David Schulman, Radio
S/Sgt Ralph W. Johnson, RG
S/Sgt David E. Potters, LG
M/Sgt George W. Beaver, Jr., FE
Front Row L to R
T/Sgt John J. Essig, CFC
S/Sgt Edward Lally, Crew Chief
Sgt Walter Bodmer, Mechanic
Cpl Jack D. Donathan, Mechanic
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