1st Lt. Richard Brinck , Ketchikan, Alaska (hence the name) headed the "City Of Ketchikan" crew. The crew had its birth at Davis-Monthon Air Base in Tucson, Arizona, in early July 1945. That's when all the men arrived and were assigned to a B-29 crew for phase training. Completing the training we were shipped by train to Kearney, Nebraska where we were supposed to pick up our airplane. No plane was available so we boarded a troop train to Hamilton AB, California and ATC, via Hickman, Johnson Island, Kwajalien to Harmon Field, Guam and then to the 39th Bomb Group at North Field. This was July 1945. We became a replacement crew for P-6. "We flew three combat missions" reported Hollis Logan.
Standing (Left to Right)
1st Lt Richard G. Brinck, Airplane Commander
2nd Lt Elmer M. "Andy" Anderson, Navigator
1st Lt William O'Brien Flight, Engineer
2nd Lt Hollis B. Logan, Radar
2nd Lt Cecil E. Davis, Pilot
2nd Lt Julian Radziewitz, Bombardier
Kneeling (Left to Right)
S/Sgt John R. Buell Radio, Operator
Sgt Joseph R. Nalepa, Right Gunner
Cpl Harvey Schwartz, Tail Gunner
S/Sgt George E. Dellopoulos, CFC Gunner
Cpl William P. Leonhardt, Left Gunner
Officers of Replacement Crew 6
Airplane Commander Richard Dick Brinck
Pilot Cecil Davis
Radar Operator Hollis Logan
Navigator Elmer "Andy" Anderson
Bombardier Juilan Radziewitz
Flight Engineer William O'Brien
