Case History 111

contains many more documents than are presented in this section

One of the below documents lists each B-29 by date of loss with a
brief summary of each crew member's status. This is below the map.

Most of these pages are from Sgt Thaddeus Pasternak's IDPF.

Pages 5 and 6 contain the original list of 47 men later ammended with additions and deletions .
61 names are listed and Sgt Richmond is number 46 in Page 6.

Page 7 is part of a list sorted by crew with reference numbers to
statements from other POWs who were in the Eastern District Kempei Tai Headquarters.

The below pages serve as an introduction to
the Yokohama Trial documents that appear in Pages 2 and 3.

The men were first taken to the Kempei Tai Eastern District Headquarters.
The arrow at the top points to the approximate location.

The Tokyo Military Prison is at the bottom left.

source: Google Maps

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LAW CREW MEMBERS BEGIN WITH NUMBER 8, 2nd LT DONALD VAN DEVER

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PAGE 5

LIST OF 61
PART 1

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PAGE 6

LIST OF 61
PART 2

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PAGE 7

TO THE RIGHT OF EACH MAN'S NAME IS A COLUMN:

Ref to Eyewitnesses or Investigations

Each eyewitness is given a number.
Number 22 is Ray Hopper and his statement appears in
the following page

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RAY HOPPER, NUMBER 22, IS THE THIRD MAN DOWN

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