Weather Observation Crew: 61st Squadron

Aircraft shown above is not "Old Overcast"

Kneeling L to R:
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S/Sgt	John B. "Doc" Dougherty	Radio Operator
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T/Sgt	Donald Kit Carson	Flight Engineer
Standing L to R:
2nd Lt	Robert V. Raynor	Radar
1st Lt	Horst L. "Jack" Weber	unknown
1st Lt	John Hamilton	Pilot
Capt	Kenneth Trow	Airplane Commander
Not Pictured:
1st Lt	James M. Ainsworth	Weather Observer
Cpl	Charles D. Buchinski	Nose Gunner

	Weather Observation Crew Honor Roll
Cpl Charles D. Buchinsky	Nose Gunner	30 August 2003
Capt Kenneth T. Trow	Airplane Commander	21 July 2009

The crew arrived on Guam in July and started flying weather recon flights every three days, taking off about 2:00am and returning 18 hours later.

The following photos were obtained at the 39th BG Association's 2003 Reunion given that there is 14 men pictured and a standard B-29 crew has 11 personnel this led me to thing that these are the men who made up the Weather Observation Crew.

Your help is needed - from the above photo I was able to match S/Sgt "Doc" Dougherty as being the man pictured in the first photo below (L to R) kneeling # 3 and Capt Kenneth Trow as standing # 5. If you are able to ID any of the other men please email: updates@39th.org

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Standing L to R:
#5 Capt Kenneth Trow, AC

Kneeling L to R:
#3 S/Sgt John B. Doughtery, Radio; #5 S/Sgt Charles D. Buchinsky, Nose Gunner

Note: Thanks to Pam Todd Kearns Historical Society for helping to identify C Buchinsky.