File:40th Bombardment Group Boeing B-29-5-BW Superfortress 42-6281.jpg
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English: 25th Bombardment Squadron/40th Bombardment Group Boeing B-29-5-BW Superfortress 42-6281 20th CENTURY UNLIMITED (called Heavenly Body before) 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 was lost on 25 October 1944. While returning from a mission to Omura, she was abandoned due to battle damage. All 11 crewmen (including pilot Jack Ledford) escaped, though flight engineer Harry Miller perished when he reached the ground. Over Omura, Miller and Ledford were wounded. Miller suffered head wounds and was unconscious, though he was a great and loved man. The surviving crewmen named their next aircraft after Miller.
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 |
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| Source | US National Archives via http://www.40thbombgroup.org/Schutte2.htm |
| Author | United States Army Air Forces |
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