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"City
of Wilmington"
"Hell's Belle"
B-29 # 42-65365
"City of Santa Barbara"
B-29 # 44-61532
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Photo
courtesy of Hugh G. Roberts
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L
to R Standing:
1st
Lt Homer D. Martin, Nav; 1st Lt Calvin W. Hill (P-54)*,
Temp Pilot; Major
Harold G. McNeese, AC; 1st
Lt Carl L. Davenport, Radar; 1st Lt Robert
J. Breitbarth, Bombardier |
L
to R Kneeling:
S/Sgt
Albert L. Fierro, LG;
T/Sgt Hugh G. Roberts,
CFC Gunner;
Sgt Frederick
W. Levesque, RO; S/Sgt
Vincent F. Dunleavy, TG; Sgt William B. Haas, RG;
T/Sgt Thomas L. Johnson, FE |
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Photo
courtesy of Albert Fierro, LG
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L
to R Standing:
1st
Lt Robert J. Breitbarth, Bombardier; 1st Lt Edward L. Olson,
Pilot; Major Harold G. McNeese,
AC; 1st Lt Carl L. Davenport,
Radar; Capt Francis E. Smith (P-55)**Temp Nav. |
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to R Kneeling:
S/Sgt
Vincent F. Dunleavy, TG; Sgt William B. Haas, RG; Sgt Frederick
W. Levesque, RO; Sgt
Albert L. Fierro, LG; T/Sgt Thomas
L. Johnson, FE; T/Sgt Hugh G. Roberts, CFC |
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Crew
41
Honor Roll |
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| 1st
Lt. Carl L. Davenport |
Radar
Observer |
29
July 1987 |
| Major
Harold G. Mc Neese |
Airplane
Commander
"City of Willington"
62nd BS CO - Oct 1945 |
21
February 1995 |
| S/Sgt
Vincent F. Dunleavy |
Tail
Gunner |
10
April 1997 |
| 1st
Lt Edward L. Olson |
Pilot |
15
July 2002 |
| S/Sgt
Albert L. Fierro, Sr. |
Left
Gunner |
03
December 2005 |
| 1st
Lt Ralph A. Weston |
Repl
Airplane Commander
"City of Santa Barbara" |
25
January 2006 |
| T/Sgt Hugh G. Roberts |
CFC Guunner |
7 December 2011 |
Updates:
08
Jun 2025: Confirmed B-29 # 44-61532 was Crew 41's second B-29 per NcNeese Flight Log provided by his daughter S. Hobbs.
15
April 2012: Add T/Sgt Roberts to the Crew Honor Roll and the Final Flight Honor Roll section.
13
August 2008: Updated Major McNeese dedication page based on letter from Harold NcNeese to Edwin Wiley, that included a "bio sketch" dated March 28, 1994 that was forwarded to James Wyckoff (then Assoc President).
4
August 2006: The names of 2 men flying as Temp
Pilot and Temp Nav identified. Thanks to Roberta Keele,
daughter of 1st Lt Carl L. Davenport, Radar Observer for
contacting us with the missing names. Her father's photos
- same as shown above identifies the Temp Pilot in the
top photo as "Hill" and the Temp Nav. as "Smith"
in the bottom photo. A search of the 39th BG database
shows only one "Hill" that was a pilot - 1st
Lt Calvin W. Hill as Pilot, P-54 and only one "Smith" that was a Navigator -
Capt Francis E. Smith, as Nav, P-55;
Captain's bars can be seen on the Temp Navigator's cap
in the bottom photo - so P-55's Navigator does fit with
the facts known.
Calvin
Hill was contacted and he confirmed that it is him pictured
as "Temp Pilot";
"I flew with the P-41 crew on several missions
as their regular pilot was ill. I got know the crew quite
well at that time"
28
June 2006: Added the name Ralph A. Weston to
the Crew Honor Roll - after finding a record of his death.
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