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Loss of Original Crew 26
B-29 # 44-69895
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Since the printing of the group's history book in 1996 2 addition accounts of the loss of 2nd Lt Alexander Orionchek, AC, his crew and passenger have been received.

Rowland Ball, Navigator, on Crew 3's "City of Montgomery" recalls this of the loss of Original Crew P-26 in the following account. This account comes from an exchange of email between Rowland Ball and Robert Hosford, Jr. Hosford, Sr. was Radar Observer on Crew 3 [Click here]

Morris Yancey, Flight Engineer, Crew 34's City of Jackson" provides this account of the loss of Original Crew 26 [Click here]