We need your help to keep the B-29s site online. Jim Doppelhammer, our longtime webhost, has passed away and his webserver will go offline in 2025. The entire Korean War Educator website must be migrated to a modern server platform before then. If you value this resource and want to honor our veterans by keeping their stories online after 2024, please donate now. For more information, click here.

B-29 Units in the korean waR

Photos & Commentary

(Contributors noted when known)

Home          Master List        Nose Art        Links        Contributors      


Combined Operations

April 12, 1951: Yalu Bridges Max Effort

  19BG: Photos & Commentary by Ralph Livengood   j   307BW: Commentary by Vincent Scarano j

Link to korea12apr1951.com

 

September 12, 1952: Yalu River/Suiho Reservoir/Dam Max Effort

"Suiho: The Gauntlet" by Bud Farrell

 

2nd Air Rescue Squadron, Kadena AFb, circa 1952

SB-17 Crash Photos by Mac McGill & Jim Frank
SB-29 Photo & Commentary by Dewey Thomas jCrew Inspection, Start; Take-off   j  Inflight; A3 Lifeboat; SA-16; Chopper
 

3rD Air Rescue Squadron, HONSHU, Japan

SB-29; Crew; SA-16; (5) Photos by Jeff Bright

                  

19th bombardment group

Crew Photos (Listed Alphabetically by Aircraft Commander’s Last Name): Bradshaw j   Cheney j  Earns j   Hall     Harvey j  Lappo j  Laughlin  j   Mallory j    Messinger     Moberly j   Rummel  j    Thompson

 

19BG Welcome Pamphlet & Unit History, 1 June 1953  j    News Clippings - Queeno j News Clippings - Queeno

Ryukyuan Review, 26 June, 1951: Nose Art; 19th Year in Review; Double Whammy – Jo Clark

 

28BS

28BS Photos by Dick Pittard   j 28BS Individual Crew Photos by Branstetter, Garig, McGill, & Petrovich

Accidental Gear Retraction Photo by Glen Garig & Earl McGill

Combat Crew & Mission Photos by McGill   j Combat Crew & Mission photos by "Herk" Taylor"

Combat Crew Photos by Garig  j  Combat Mission Color Photos by Richard Pittard

Command Decision: Restored Color Photo of Early Bomb Run by McGill

Command Decision & Crew Photos by Tony Queeno #1 j Queeno #2  j Queeno #3 j News Clipping

Command Decision Model with construction notes by Christoph Erkins

            Crash of The Outlaw, Narrative & Photos by McGill     j Humor? Photos by McGill

McGill's Story- AF Times Article by Bob Dorr  jRadar Scope & Night Strike Photos - McGill & Queeno

30BS

30BS Unit Insignia, Tent City & Map - Ray Warnes & Joe Savko  j30BS Photo Collection (32) by Glen Morris  

Dragon Lady, Unit & Crew Photos by Clark & Frank j Combat Mission Color Photos by John Thrash

93BS

 

 22nd bombardment group

Crew Photos (Listed Alphabetically by Aircraft Commander’s Last Name): Burney

 22BG Aircraft Photos by Bill Nist  j 22BG in Action by Luther Burney

 Tent City Photos by Jack Bass

 

                   43rd Air Refueling Squadron

 

                   55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing

 

                   56th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron

                   56SRS Aircraft Photo & commentary by Ed Stringer

 

                        91SRW/91sT Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron

                   The 91st SRW Association     Photos Courtesy of Bob Fleer

 

                   92nd bombardment group

                        Crew Photos (Listed Alphabetically by Aircraft Commander’s Last Name): Hemingway, Hoit   

                                92BG Mission Photos by Carl Thomas in memory of his father  j 92BG Photos by Tom Blount

325BS

326BS

327BS

                       

98th Bombardment group

Crew Photos (Listed Alphabetically by Aircraft Commander’s Last Name): O'Connor, Placke, Wade

     98BG in Action by Edward Fitz-Patrick         The Crew of Stinger Queen by John Zieser

343BS: Unit insignia by John Zieser

344BS: Unit Insignia by Carl Thomas

345BS: Crew Scarf & Logo  (Unknown)  j    Reluctant Drag’on Photos by Troy Wade

 

307th Bombardment Wing

Crew Photos (Listed Alphabetically by Aircraft Commander’s Last Name): Fogler (minus Fogler) j Lewis

Lowe   j   Reeter     j Denson (Fogler) j Foulks

 

307BW in Action: Combat Photos & Commentary by Fred Meier – John Wagenhalls - Dewey Thomas

Mess Hall Photo & Narration by Rolland Miller

Unit Not Determined

Punch Bowl Queen & Crew

 

Black Tuesday (Namsi Mission), 23 October, 1951: Narratives, Photos & Charts

For ordering information on Black Tuesday Over Namsi, A True History of the Epic Air Battle of the Korean War, Click Here.

Able Flight Lead Crew Photos & Short Snorter by Miller & Meier

Able Lead Navigator & Aircraft Commander Photo 14 years later by Meier

Aircraft 44-461940 Photo & Story of Chicken Mascot, by Nolan Strange.

Aircraft Photos & Narration by Bud Farrell

Combat Photos & Clippings: Bomb Drop; Emergency Landings at Kimpo by Miller

Crew Photos (Griner's EM, Lewis's Crew) by Paul Dickerson

Crew Photos by Dewell Turner  j Formation & Bomb Run Graphics by McGill

Interview & photo, Bill Reeter, Baker Lead, by Alan Reeter
Namsi Airfield Pre-strike Photo by Nick Kourafas j Narration & Photo by Turner & Dickerson

Narration & Photo by Wagenhalls j Post-strike at Kimpo News Photos & Commentary by Miller

Post-strike at Kimpo, Photos by Turner  j Route & Target Area Charts by John Duquette

Stars & Stripes Report on the Black Tuesday Mission, 24 October, 1951

370BS:

371BS: Mission Symbols; Acft. #42-94032 by (unknown) & Nolan Strange

372BS: Acft. #44-86295 by Vincent Scarano

Unit-Related Photos & Commentary

Crash Crew Photos, Commentary & News Clippings by Bob Crevisour

Kadena AFB Photos by Don Nicholas, Pittard, McGill & Frank  j Recollections of  SSgt Donald Johnson

Yokota AFB Aerial View by Carl Thomas

B-29-Related Photos & Commentary

B-29 Paintings & Nose Art by Mark Styling! jCrew Stations and Notes (Model, courtesy of Christoph Erkens)

Crew Stations Photos –Strange – Queeno – USAF Museum  j Emergency Egress Procedures

Gunnery System j Safety Lesson: Pilot Error - Garig

R&R, Japan & Okinawa, circa 1951-1952

R&R (with music): Fuji View Hotel, Mount Fuji; Geishas, Okinawan Children (2); Skivvy Honchos by McGill

****In Memoriam****

Fifty Years Later: Jim Foster at the controls in  CAF's Fi Fi

Home             Nose Art           Master List          Links        Contributors

Copyright 2014