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1st B-29 # 44-69894
"Jungle Jolly"
2nd B-29 # unknown
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P-20 coming in for a landing at North Field, Guam
Photo Courtesy of Col. Michael Dickey, grandson of Sgt Howard V. Dickey, Camera Tech 61st BS


Kneeling L to R:
T/Sgt Charles "Chuck" A. Castle  Flight Engineer
S/Sgt Henry F. Wysocki  Radio Operator
S/Sgt Vincent W. Latham  Right Gunner
S/Sgt Bill R. Ermey CFC Gunner
Sgt Joshua Shubin  Left Gunner
Sgt William H. Carter  Tail Gunner
Standing L to R:
1st Lt  Thomas J. Campbell  Pilot
F/O Harry G. Robinson  Bombardier
1st Lt  Leonard Post Airplane Commander
1st Lt  Donald R. Phillips  Navigator
1st Lt  Porfilos Rio  Radar

Crew 20 completed 23 combat missions and two supply missions to POW camps in northern Japan. On one of these, they logged 18 hours and 20 minutes - the other 18 hours and 45 minutes. These were more difficult than many of the combat missions.

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 Crew 20 
Honor Roll 
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1st Lt Leonard Post
Airplane Commander
killed while ferrying troops back from Europe during take-off in the Azores
1st Lt Thomas J. Campbell
Pilot
 1985
S/Sgt Henry Wysocki
Radio Operator
03 October 1995
S/Sgt Vincent W. Latham
Right Gunner
30 September 2002

Continued
 60th Squadron Crew Index
Source: "History of the 39th Bomb Group"