Special Orders Number 288 was issued
on 14 October 1944 at
Smoky Hill Army Air Field, Salina, Kansas,

Captain Newell and his crew were
assigned to the Air Echelon.
These were crews without a B-29.

They were to travel by rail to the
Aerial Port of Embarkation ( APOE )
at Hamilton Field, Novato, California.

1st Lt James Newell's Crew was designated as
Theater Replacement Crew #20.

For reasons unknown, they did not travel to
Saipan with the Air Echelon.

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Instead, two months later, on 2 December 1944,
Movement Orders were issued at Herington AAF, Kansas.

The Newell Crew was now with the Flight Echelon and
would fly B-29 Serial Number 42-63493 to
Mather Field, Sacramento, California.

From there they would fly to Saipan via
Hickam AAF, Hawaii, and Kwajalein.

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At the bottom of the page is the
19 December 1944
877th Bomb Squadron Morning Report.

Listed are the names of the Newell Crew.
Their status was changed from TD ( Temporary Duty ) to duty.

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