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39th Bomb Group (VH)


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"City of Jewett City"
"Kick A Poo Joy II"
B-29 # 42-65361
"B" Flight Leader
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Courtsey of Ralph Weston,Pilot
Kneeling L to R:
  Unknown Temp Replacement Gunner
S/Sgt Joseph J. Jacaruso Tail Gunner
T/Sgt Howard W. Hunsinger CFC Gunner
S/Sgt Raymond J. Jacob Right Gunner
S/Sgt Henry R. Moesner Radio Operator
Standing L to R:
1st Lt Ralph A. Weston Pilot
1st Lt Carl H. Gabriel Bombardier
1st Lt Raymond L. Slater Navigator
Major Jerome A. Zee Airplane Commander
1st Lt Louis L. Orenbuch Flight Engineer
1st Lt Edward B. Davenport Radar Observer
Not Pictured:
Sgt James W. Sherrer CFC Gunner- replacement
T/Sgt Carroll B. Hart CFC Gunner

 Crew 47
Honor Roll 
S/Sgt Henry R. Moesner Radio Operator killed in a farm accident (1950's)
Major Jerome A. Zee Airplane Commander May 1974
T/Sgt Howard W. Hunsinger CFC Gunner October 1985
1st Lt Louis L. Orenbuch Flight Engineer 24 October 1991
1st Lt Edward B. Davenport Radar Observer 30 October 1992
S/Sgt Raymond J. Jacob Right Gunner 16 April 1997
T/Sgt Carroll B. Hart CFC Gunner 23 March 2001
Cpl Francis E. "Fritz" Mesevage Airplane Electrical Mechanical Specialist 23 July 2001
1st Lt Ralph A. Weston Pilot 25 January 2006

Continued
Source: "History of the 39th Bomb Group"