2nd Lt Robert Logan Grace
1st Lt Edmund G Smith Crew
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COMMENTARY FOLLOWS PHOTO
This photo appears in both the
Unofficial History of the 499th Bomb Group
and in Hap's War
Names of the crew members are from Hap's War
B-29s of the 499th Bomb Group were identified by The 1st Lt Edmund G Smith crew came together at There are no movement orders stating how and when they departed SHAAF
. Morning Reports indicate that at some point they They arrived at Saipan on 21 December 1944. Lt Smith's first mission was 24 December 1944 with There are no load lists to determine which men were on any of these
missions. At the very bottom is one page from the Tobu Army District Report |
FIELD ORDER 288 THEATRE REPLACEMENT CREWS source : Rick Feldman
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878TH BOMB SQUADRON MORNING REPORT source: National Archives St Louis Missouri |
878TH BOMB SQUADRON MORNING REPORT source: National Archives St Louis Missouri |
499TH BOMB GROUP NARRATIVE HISTORY source: Air Force Historical Research Agency |