Image: 40th Bombardment Group Boeing B-29-5-BW Superfortress 42-6281

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Description: 40th Bombardment Group Boeing B-29-5-BW Superfortress 42-6281 "20th Century Unlimited" at Hsinching Airfield (A-1), China, advanced China Base of the 40th Bomb Group after completion of a raid on Anshan, Manchuria. Mission #4, 29 July 1944 Aircraft exploded Oct 17, 1944 at West Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands. Back row, left to right: 2nd Lt. William L. Gardner, Metamora, Ind, bombardier 1st Lt. Jamez V. Decoster, Portland, Oregon, oo-pilot Capt. Jack C. Ledford, Zanesville, Ohio, pilot M/Sgt. Harry E, Miller, Denver, Colo., flight engineer 2nd Lt. Harold T. Oblender, Lancaster, Pa., navigator Front row, left to right: Sgt. Gilbert H. Rodencol, Berlin, Wisc., radar operator Sgt. Thomas A. Clark, Los Angeles Calif., senior gunner S/Sgt. Charles D. Bacon, New Castle, Pa., right gunner S/Sgt. D..L. McCullough, Webb City, Mo., radio man S/Sgt. Russell F. Elwell, Suncook, N.H., left gunner T/Sgt. Enrico Pisterzi, Arvados, Colo,, tail gunner
Title: 40th Bombardment Group Boeing B-29-5-BW Superfortress 42-6281
Credit: US National Archives via http://www.40thbombgroup.org/Schutte2.htm
Author: United States Army Air Forces
Permission: USGOV-PD
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