At the bottom of the crew photo are captions :
878 B.S. ( 878th Bomb Squadron )
A/C 4644 ( last 4 digits of B-29 serial number 42-24644 )
This B-29 is V Square 23 ( V-23)
flown by Capt Will Latimer, Jr.
Sgt Sutherland is in the middle of the front row.
This is followed by pages from Missing Air Crew Report (MACR ) 14237.
The initial report was required to be filed within
48-72 hours following a B-29's failure to return to Saipan.
The crews' status would be MIA ( Missing in Action ).
TSgt Louis Vance was the only one to survive the war.
He was captured by a Japanese Naval unit and
transfered to the Omori POW Camp.
Post War, his status in the MACR was updated
to EUS ( Evacuated to the United States ).
Within this MACR is another document titled
S. R. & D. No. 5785.
( Status Review and Determination )
Following the second page of the MACR are two partial and one complete
page
of this S R & D.
Paragraph 2 begins the bottom of one page and continues to the top
of the next.
Paragraph 6 begins with Crew 3. ( the Latimer Crew ).
In February 1946 TSgt Louis Vance submitted
details concerning the loss of V-23 and the crew.
The last document is from Sgt Ellingson's IDPF and
is titled Report of Death
21 September 1949.
These two pages update the information found in the MACR
as well as the circumstances surrounding the crash location.
AIR CREW
REPORT
