Betty-Betty-Betty
Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:08 pm
My favorite B-29 and the first to bomb Japan since the Doolittle Raid on June 15, 1944!
B-29A s/n 42-6279 468th BG CBI 6-1944 returned to the US and scrapped post war
Major Don Humphrey CO 793rd BS 468th BG CBI June 1944
B-29A s/n 42-6279 468th BG CBI 6-1944 returned to the US and scrapped post war
Major Don Humphrey CO 793rd BS 468th BG CBI June 1944
Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:00 am
Jack, do you maybe have some photo of B-29 42-6230 ''Limber Dugan'' from the 792nd BS/468th BG, CBI?
As far as I know, it was the first B-29 shot down over Japan during the war, on the night 15/16 June 1944 by Ki-45 ''Nick'' fighter. Capt. Ivanovic crew, all KIA.
As far as I know, it was the first B-29 shot down over Japan during the war, on the night 15/16 June 1944 by Ki-45 ''Nick'' fighter. Capt. Ivanovic crew, all KIA.
Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:02 pm
Jack,
Any info. about the origin of the name and artwork on the "Postville Express"?
Any info. about the origin of the name and artwork on the "Postville Express"?
Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:21 pm
Man, look at the conditions of the ground it was operating from.
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Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:24 pm
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Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:55 pm
Thanks Jack,
My wife's family is from Allamakee County, IA and I thought there might be a connection to that area. After all, how many Postvilles can there be out there?
I'll have to see if my father-in-law knew Donald Humphrey...