Crew 41 was formed at Smoky Hill Army Air Field and received their B-29 training there. They arrived in Guam early August 1945. On 26 April 1945, "Hell's Belle" flew it's first combat mission against Kokubu airfield. Two days later it hit Kushira, another airfield. On their third strike, they once again returned to Kokubu. It was for this mission seven members of Crew 41 were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on 23 August 1945.
Standing (Left to Right)
1st Lt Homer D. Martin, Nav
1st Lt Calvin W. Hill (P-54), Temp Pilot
Major Harold G. McNeese, AC
1st Lt Carl L. Davenport, Radar
1st Lt Robert J. Breitbarth, Bombardier
Kneeling (Left to Right)
S/Sgt Albert L. Fierro, LG
T/Sgt Hugh G. Roberts, CFC Gunner
Sgt Frederick W. Levesque, RO
S/Sgt Vincent F. Dunleavy, TG
Sgt William B. Haas, RG
T/Sgt Thomas L. Johnson, FE
