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"City
of Ketchikan"
Brinck Crew
Replacement Crew 6
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Here is a photo of the crew showing the offical name of their B-29
"City of Ketchikan"
Photo Courtesy of Cecil E. Davis |
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"City of Ketchikan" Combat Crew
Photo Courtesy of Cecil E. Davis |
| Standing
L to R: |
| 1st
Lt |
Richard
G. Brinck |
Airplane
Commander |
| 2nd
Lt |
Elmer
M. "Andy" Anderson |
Navigator |
| 1st
Lt |
William
O'Brien |
Flight
Engineer |
| 2nd
Lt |
Hollis
B. Logan |
Radar |
| 2nd
Lt |
Cecil
E. Davis |
Pilot |
| 2nd
Lt |
Julian
Radziewitz |
Bombardier |
| Kneeling
L to R: |
| S/Sgt |
John
R. Buell |
Radio
Operator |
| Sgt |
Joseph
R. Nalepa |
Right
Gunner |
| Cpl |
Harvey
Schwartz |
Tail
Gunner |
| S/Sgt |
George
E. Dellopoulos |
CFC
Gunner |
| Cpl |
William
P. Leonhardt |
Left
Gunner |
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Photo courtesy of Sandra and Cynthia Brinck, daughters of Dick Brinck |
Pilot Cecil Davis (left cockpit window), Airplane Commander Dick Brinck (right cockpit window) and if you look hard in the Bombardier's greenhouse - you can see Julian
Radziewitz, Bombardier. |
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Photo courtesy of Sandra and Cynthia Brinck, daughters of Dick Brinck |
Officers of Replacement Crew 6: Airplane Commander Richard Dick Brinck; Pilot Cecil Davis; Radar Operator Hollis Logan; Navigator Elmer "andy" Anderson; Bombardier Juilan
Radziewitz and Flight Engineer William
O'Brien. Photo courtesy of Sandra and Cynthia Brinck, daughters of Dick Brinck. |
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Photo courtesy of Sandra and Cynthia Brinck,
daughters of Dick Brinck.
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Enlisted Men of Replacement Crew 6:
Right Gunner, Joseph Napela; Radio Operator John
R. Buell; Tail Gunner Harvey Schwartz; CFC Gunner George
E. Dellopoulos and Left Gunner William
P. Leonhardt.
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Photo Courtesy of Cecil E. Davis
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1st
Lt. Richard Brinck , Ketchikan, Alaska (hence the name)
headed the "City Of Ketchikan" crew.
The crew had its birth
at Davis-Monthon Air Base in Tucson, Arizona, in early July
1945. That's when all the men arrived and were assigned
to a B-29 crew for phase training.
Completing the training
we were shipped by train to Kearney, Nebraska where we were
supposed to pick up our airplane.
No plane was available
so we boarded a troop train to Hamilton AB, California and
ATC, via Hickman, Johnson Island, Kwajalien to Harmon Field,
Guam and then to the 39th Bomb Group at North Field.
This
was July 1945. We became a replacement crew for P-6. "We
flew three combat missions" reported Hollis Logan.
Photo Shown Right - Standing: 2nd Lt Elmer Anderson, Nav; 2nd Lt Cecil Davis, Pilot; and 2nd Lt Hollis Logan, Radar. Kneeling: 1st Lt Richard G. Brinck, AC - just prior to departing Davis Monthan Army Air Field.
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Replacement Crew
06
Brinck Crew Honor Roll |
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| 1st
Lt Richard G. Brinck |
Airplane Commander
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10 July 1993 |
| 1st
Lt Hollis B. Logan |
Radar Observer
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19 January 2017 |
| 2nd
Lt Cecil E. Davis |
Pilot
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18 December 2020 |
Update:
26 January 2021: Added Cecil E. Davis to Crew and Final Flight Honor Roll.
2 February 2017: Added Hollis B. Logan to Crew and Final Flight Honor Roll.
2 November 2013: Added photos of Crew 6 - Brinck Crew.
23 September 2013 - Added dedication page for 1st Lt Richard Brinck, courtesy of his daughters Sandra and Cynthia. Thank you to Don Davis, son of Cecil Davis, Pilot, of this crew for finding and making contact with the Brinck Family and making this information possible.
21 May 2012 - Added Richard Brinck to Crew Honor Roll and Final Flight Honor Roll.
22 April 2012 - Added profile page for 2nd Lt Cecil E. Davis - thank you to his son Don for making contacting with us and proving the profile for his father.
15 May 2005 - per SO 186 314th BW HQ dated
8 Aug 1945 - 1st Lt Richard Brinck and crew were assigned
to the 39th BG (VH).
14 January 2005 - Corrected the spelling
of some crew members names based on SO 195 dtd 14 Jul 1945
issued by HQ DMAAF - Movement orders.
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