Captain James Newell's Crew was a Replacement Crew.

In Page 3 are documents concerning their move from Kansas to Saipan.


They arrived on Saipan 19 December 1944 and
flew their first mission on 24 December 1944.

From December 24 1944 through 26 June 1945,
Capt Newell was scheduled to fly 33 missions.

Three were Aborts and he was scratched on one.

These missions were flown on
V-4 42-63453
V-8 42-24698
V-10 42-63440
V-11 44-69655
( V is the designation for the 499th Bomb Group )

Their last mission was flown on V-11 on 26 June 1945.
The target was the Osaka Arsenal.
Their B-29 was most likely hit after bombing the target.

In Page 2 are four Orientation Maps of
both the Crash Site at Seirei-Zan and Recovery Locations.

Capt Newell and SSgt John S Combs died in the crash.

The remaining nine crew members parachuted safely
to land and were captured.
All were later executed at Osaka.

The Missing Air Crew Report is in Page Four

Page Five contains two documents from Case History 201 and
two from the Chubu Army District Report

source : POW Research Network Japan.

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