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"City
of St. Louis Park"
"Liberty Belle II"
B-29 # 42-94045
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April
1945 - Herington, KS
Photo Courtesy of Richard B Vogenitz
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Crew
24
Honor Roll |
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| 1st
Lt John F. Smith |
Flight
Engineer |
unknown |
| 1st
Lt John C. Dahl, Jr. |
Navigator |
3 June 1980 |
| T/Sgt
Clayton B. Wall |
CFC
Gunner |
18 March 1995 |
| 2nd
Lt John
Kovacevich |
Radar
Observer |
03 August 2002 |
| 1st
Lt Herbert R. Snow |
Pilot |
13 July 2003 |
| Sgt
John E. Gerbig, Jr. |
Tail
Gunner |
17 August 2003 |
| 1st
Lt Milton T. Cummings |
Bombardier |
08 February 2005 |
| Capt
Gordon Allen Anderson |
Airplane
Commander |
17 December 2005 |
| Sgt Richard B. Vogenitz |
Left Gunner |
31 August 2015 |
| Status
of John P. Miller, Right Gunner and Robert W. Davis, Radio
Operator are currently unknown |
Update
02 Sept 2015:
Received an email from the cousin of Lt. Col. Richard B. Vogenitz,
USAF (Ret), notifying us that has taken his Final Flight.
09 July 2006:
Received call from Lt. Col. Richard B. Vogenitz,
USAF (Ret), that his Airplane Comander, Capt Gordon A. Anderson
had taken his Final Flight.
29 August 2003:
Met with Milton Cummings, bombardier - A very special
thanks to Tracy Clark who contacted the web site and identified
"Uncle Milt" in the above crew photo and thru her
and her husband, Army Capt Tim Clark, Asst Professor of Military
Science Georgia State University. The Clarks arranged the
meeting so we could met Milton in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. As
a result of this meeting not only have the men of Crew 24
been identified in the crew photo but the crew honor roll
has been updated; crew missions have been added and POC are
forthcomming for other surviving members of Crew 24. Tracy
noted that her father and Milton are best friends and because
of that tie and the Captain Clark's willingness to aid in
gathering Veteran's experiences for the Library
of Congress Veteran's History Project the reason this
meeting was made possible. [For more information about the
project click on the link]
08 July 2002:
Contact has been established with John Gerbig, Jr., who will
be sending information on his crew. One of the things he shared
was that their FE had passed away. Gerbig told us the name
of this crew's B-29 was nicknamed "Liberty Belle II"
named after the B-24 Capt Anderson's brother flew (see above).
He has provided leads on contacts with other members of the
crew - please check back. |
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anyone with information on Crew 24, please contact the updates@39th.org |
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