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| Keywords: Air Force personnel & equipment. The Pacific, England, Wash. DC. 1942-44 (mostly 1943) - NARA - 292576.jpg 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 292576 Local identifier Department of Defense Department of the Army Fort Leavenworth Kansas 09/18/1947 - NARA's Central Plains Region Kansas City NREA 400 West Pershing Road Kansas City MO 64108 1943 Record group Record Group 338 Records of U S Army Operational Tactical and Support Organizations World War II and Thereafter 1917 - 1999 Record group ARC 651 Ft Leavenworth Signal Corps Photograph Collection Equipment File compiled 1939 - 1965 Series ARC 292562 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NRE-338-FTL EF -2700 7 Other versions <gallery> File Air_Force_personnel_ amp _equipment _The_Pacific _England _Wash _DC _1942-44_ mostly_1943 _-_NARA_-_292576 tif tif File Air_Force_personnel_ amp _equipment _The_Pacific _England _Wash _DC _1942-44_ mostly_1943 _-_NARA_-_292576 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Nose art on B-29 Waddy's Wagon Radio operators aircraft Air gunners 497th Bombardment Group United States Army Air Forces Group photographs with aircraft military | ||||
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