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The above is a photo of the entire 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, 58th Bomb Wing. The picture was taken approximately March 1944 in front of the headquarters of the 794th at Kharagpur, India. The original of this picture was much smaller and I had it blown up so that the features were readily visible. There are too many people in the picture to identify each one and I did not wish to mar the picture with a bunch of X's. With few exceptions, one can identify by sight a loved one.

On 26 May 1945 1 was aboard Aircraft #42-63529 when it was hit by Japanese anti-aircraft. We were carrying jellied fuel on a firebomb raid over Tokyo. The Aircraft caught on fire and we were ordered to bail out. Out of a crew of 11 only 7 survived. This picture is, being dedicated to you on behalf of my deceased comrades; 1st Lt Homer Hinkle, Aircraft Commander; MSgt Willis A . White, Flight Engineer; SSgt Fred R. Dunham, Central Fire Controller; SSgt Eugene Lewis, Side Gunner.

I subsequently discovered through official correspondence from the War Department that the plane crashed in the vicinity of Kikonari, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. There were no survivors.

- Thomas Peel

There have been several request for a photo of a B-29 traffic jam. Thanks to Hap Halloran, we have a great aerial view of one. Hope you all enjoy it and the following photos -- all mailed to me by Hap. As always, THANKS HAP!

"Here are 105 B 29's in three lines. " I believe this is preparatory to the POW missions to drop food-medicine-misc to POW's in Japan. We got our share at Omori POW camp. There are another 40 plus 29's on hard stands adjacent to the lineup on the runway.

I believe this is Isley Field Must have been about the third week in August 1945. The war allegedly ended 8/18/45. Many of the parachutes on the pallets containing supplies failed to open - injuries resulted - 55 gallon drums went through roofs of our barracks - but all in all we loved those B29 guys coming back to help us in our hour of need - they were low low when they dropped - what a great day!"

A good photo of T Square 22 and other B 29s at Isley Field.

Here's another great photo. This time of AC 59780 of the 73rd BW, 500 BG and 881 BS based on Saipan. Capt. James Pearson and his crew brought this plane in from Tokyo over 1500 miles of water through adverse weather and darkness with two engines out on one side. The fuselage was severed by a runaway prop and in a crash landing the nose was completely sheared off. Flight time was 17 hours. In this photo, standing third from the left is Capt. James Pearson, second from left Lt. Edward Porada. Also in the photo (front row, kneeling at far left with bandaged nose) is our own S/Sgt. Jack L. Heffner who wrote Tokyo Raiders found here on our web site. For full story of this plae go and read Tokyo Raiders!

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