The first document is the 2 April 1945 881st Bomb Squadron Morning Report.
In there each man's status is changed from Duty to Missing in Action.
Each man's MOS is in the far right column.

TSgt Raymond Richmond's MOS is 737 and
excerpts from TM 12-427 appear below the Morning Report.
These offer a brief description of the Flight Engineers responsibilities

Next are two pages of Missing Air Crew Report 14230
from Sgt Richmond's IDPF.

The original version would have been created within
2-3 days following loss of the B-29.

Sgt Ray Hopper's status is RMC ( Returned to Military Control )
and this would not have been known until late 1945.

The final document in this page is from POW Research Network Japan
and contains a summary of the Law Crew crash and fate of the crew members.

MORNING REPORT
881ST BOMB SQUADRON
500TH BOMB GROUP
2 APRIL 1945

original source : National Archives, St Louis
source: Roy Wall

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MOS 737
FIRST PART

source: TM 12- 427

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MOS 737
SECOND PART

source: TM 12- 427

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MISSING AIR CREW REPORT 14230
FROM SGT RICHMOND'S IDPF
HIS POSITION IN THE CREW IS FLIGHT ENGINEER
PAGE 1

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MISSING AIR CREW REPORT 14230

PAGE 2

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TOBU ARMY DISTRICT REPORT
LAW CREW IS IN BOTTOM HALF OF PAGE

source: POW Research Network Japan

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