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Standing
L to R:
1st Lt Elmer C. Jones, Radar; 1st Lt Charles D. Baldridge,
Jr., Bomb; 1st Lt Thomas A. Bell, AC; 2nd Lt Richard D.
Harrison, Pilot; 1st Lt Joseph F. Callaghan, Nav; Capt Holcomb,
314th Wing Radar Officer |
Middle
Row L to R:
Sgt Thomas F Smith, Jr., TG; S/Sgt David Schulman, Radio;
S/Sgt Ralph W. Johnson, RG, S/Sgt David E. Potters LG; M/Sgt
George W. Beaver, Jr., FE |
Front
Row L to R:
T/Sgt John J. Essig CFC; S/Sgt Edward Lally, Crew Chief;
Sgt Walter Bodmer, Mechanic; Cpl Jack D. Donathan, Mechanic;
unknown* |
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Note: According to Crew 10's history Sgt Anthony J. Mangiaracina
and Pfc Angelo P. Repucci are also indicated as part of
ground crew; Mike Repucci looked at the above photo said
the last man on the right in the front row - is NOT his
father; therefore it is assumed that it is Sgt
Anthony J. Mangiaracina, however there is no confirmation
of this. If anyone knows
if you can verify who the "unknown" person shown
above, please email: updates@39th.org |
Update
12 March 2006: Pfc Angelo P. Repucci
MOS: 747, Airplane and Engine Mechanic, is the same person
as M/Sgt Angelo P. Repucci, FE, Crew 6.
"What happened (per his paperwork) is that after
the 5/19/45 crash he was assigned to Replacement
Crew 21 on 6/5/45. On 6/7/45, after a training mission
to Rota, he asked to be assigned to B-24's or grounded
due to a "lack of confidence in B-29's". On
6/8/45 before another training mission he repeated his
request to be grounded or reassigned. The Airplane Commander,
1st Lt Garvin R. Kowalke, cancelled the flight. On 6/23/45
a Board of Officers busted him to Private and reclassed
him to the 747 MOS for "refusing to fly". He
was discharged as a PFC in Nov '45. He appealed and on
the basis of a letter from the pilot, (Kowalke) in which
he says my dad did not refuse to fly, he was reinstated
as a M/Sgt in October, 1948." - Mike Repucci,
son of M/Sgt Angelo P. Repucci, FE, Crew 6. |
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The
B-29, s/n 44-69901, was manufactured by Boeing Aircraft,
Wichita KS and delivered to the USAAF on 5 March 1945.
It was sent to the Birmingham Modification Center AL and
then to the Pacific Theater of Operations via Herrington
AAF, KS and Mather AAF CA. The aircraft departed the US
10 April 1945 and returned 7 September 1945. It was placed
in storage at Davis-Monthan AFB AZ on 6 December 1945,
traveling via Mather AAF and Walker AAF KS. It remained
in storage with the 4105th AAF Base Unit (later 3040th
Aircraft Storage Squadron) at Davis-Monthan until 26 April
1954 when it was scrapped there as surplus.
This
information comes from Department of Air Force, Air Force
Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
Submitted
by David E. Potters, LG P-10
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