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                    | Photo 
                        courtesy of Herman Hagen, P-26 ground and M/Sgt Jay Ivey, 61st Sqd. Flight Chief
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                    | Engineering 
                        Section  |   
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                      to R |   
                    | Kneeling | M/Sgt 
                      Kenneth Tiler |   
                    | Row 
                      #2 | #1, 
                      T/Sgt John Sapuder, P-32 
                      Crew Chief; #6 M/Sgt Joseph M. Clementi, Crew Chief; #9, 
                      M/Sgt Robert W. McKenzie, P-34 
                      Crew Chief |   
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                      #3 | # 
                      1, Herman Hagen, (wearing sunglasses),P-26 mechanic; #3, T/Sgt James F. Finlay, P-29 
                      Crew Chief; #6 Sgt. Allen D. Neidhardt P-31 mechanic
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 In the background is B-29 # 44-69769 "City 
                        of Albuquerque" aka "Piledriver" (P-32)
 
 It is believed that some of these men are a combination 
                        of P-26 & P-32 ground crew in addition to those listed.
 Update:
 21 January 2002: 
                        Thanks to George Hagen for the ID of Sgt Allen D. Neidhardt; 
                        Allen and Herman (George's brother) recently made phone 
                        contact with each other and shared some memories of their 
                        times together.
  
                        9 May 2001: 
                        L. Jay Ivey also sent the above photo with the additional 
                        names to list with Herman Hagen's. If anyone can help 
                        ID additional personnel pictured or what crews these men 
                        were assigned, please email updates@39th.org |  Continued
 Ground Echelon Section
 61st Squadron Crew Index
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