I have some ideas, thank you for sharing, I really like the safety valve

Hi to the person who asked for contact with any B-29 crew that flew POW missions at the end of WWII. I was an Aircraft Commander , 6th Bomb Group, 313th Wing stationed on Tinian Island in the Marianas Group up to about 1 November 1945 I flew several POW missions to Weisheen (sp?) China and Japan. We used Iwo Jima as our staging point. If anyone was on the ground in one of those awful looking camps be glad to chat with you by E mail. Better hurry, I turn 90 at the end of this month (June 2010)

i believe that i was in the last b-29 outfit at griffis a.f.b.
in rome n.y. in 1958-59 the 4713th we were in adc ,our mission was early warning research if my memory is correct we had 12 b-29s which were replaced with b-57s i was transferred to otis a.f.b.to complete my hitch on rc-121d&h the 551st fm until april 1951 both a/c were great the confederate air force still flies a b-29 at air shows

I was assigned to the 19th Bomb Group (HQ) at Kadena AFB,
Okinawa from 52-54 - Korean War. I was the Engine (R-3350)
Buildup Inspector which included seven stages & ended up a
Power Pack ready for installation on B-29. Returned to
Randolph AFB, TX as B-29 Crew Chief till discharge Feb.55

I grew up about a mile West of Pratt Army Air Base which served, I believe as a modification site as well as housing the 502nd Air Base Squadron training aircrews who ultimately departed for India in 1944. I still remember attending the Base Open House in late 1943. I would see many flights of the aircraft every day as our house was under a right base leg for landing on what would have been Runway 13. A photo of the old airfield is found on its site at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_Army_Airfield/ I can still vividly recall the many flights made over our house over which these aircraft must have descended to less than 400 feet. As a result, the plaster in the ceiling of our farmhouse was cracked in many places. I remember the Army Air Corps gave my father about $50 to use for the new product, gypsum sheetrock. Long closed in 1945 as a military installation. there remains operational a powerful part of the old instrument system used at the time. It has been converted to a non-directional beacon (PTT) and is so powerful that once I was returning to Pratt from a symposium and I believe I recall tuning it in over a hundred miles away. The site now houses a very nice Veteran's Memorial at http://prattveteransmemorial.org/ I treasured this memory of the B-29s and it later contributed my becoming a civilian flight instructor. I would invite any who read this to visit the wikipedia sites. Though many of the buildings are gone (some old barracks were cut down to one-story and moved to Pratt where people made them into homes) most of the streets are still there, and though this wanders some from the B-29 topic, some may find the wiki sites interesting which of course, leads to more B-29 information. I sure remember the sound of those low-flying Wright R-3350's. Never forget the contribution men flying this airplane did to end the war with Japan.

What a plane. To me it came 2nd after the P-38. I was crew chief on B-29s at Harmon Field on Guam from Dec. '44 thru Nov.'45. Worked P38's at oxnard field in Alburqye, New Mex.

I am looking for what position an airial observer would do in regard to b29s. My father - Roy D. Roth - was with the 20th Air Force on the ground but had the wings of an airial observer. I think he flew across the hump a lot but I don't know why. Maybe to get injured b29s back.

Trying to locate a Michael Caroll B-29 Gunner from the end of the combat crew training at Randolph around 1952. Would have gone to Kadena from Randoplh. Originally from upstate New York. (Newburgh)

Lots of time on the B-29. Crew Chief, Dock Chief, Flight Chief and Flight Engineer At Randolph AFB.

My Dad logged 1145hrs in the B-29 out of Maxwell Field, Ala; MacDill, Fla; Castle Field (Merced), Calif; Morrison Field, Fla; Fairfield-Suisun, Calif (Castle, Morrison & Fairfield were all with the 55th Recon VLRW). Then from Sept '47 to Sept '49 at Anderson AAF, Guam (20thAF - FEAF 93rdBS, 19thBG), As I understand, these were mostly "Show Of Force" missions (Guam-Tokyo-Guam runs). Can anyone verify this?
Dad was a 1st Lt. Aircraft Commander at the time. Jake S. Bishop Jr. (Ret 0-4 1961. Dec 1970).
Does anyone remember flying with him? If so, please contact me via e-mail.

I was a left gunner on a B-29 and flew 30 missions over Korea with the 345th from Yakota. The B-29 was a great bomber. The only problem using it in Korea was that the RCT gunnery system was not made for use against jets. It was great for use against prop driven fighters. That is why they went to night missions.

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I searching for any information about a b 29 Bomber called the Spanish Fork, UT aka Heavenly Body K 35 serial number 44-69997 A/C Foster B. Huff WWII. The Crew of the 811 and this aircraft was on Guam from 1944-45. A couple of day ago I found information about a b 29 bomber that was also a K-35-Hoeryong Airdrome, Korea. Tailcode; "K" overHOllow triangle over plane ID Number identified the 505th BG, 313thBomb Wing until April 1945. Circle W. Could some one see if they could find out what aircraft this might be. Any information would be of great help in searching out the plane my father M/sgt Robert D. Pounds and the crew of the 811 spent most of their time on during the war.

Thank you,

John R. Pounds son of Major Robert D. Pounds USAF RET.

The June 11, 1953 issue of Pacific Stars and Stripes featured an article on a B-29 with the 345th Bomb Sqdn, 98th Bomb Wing at Yokota A.F.B. Japan after completing her 200th bomb mission over Korea. "Grandma" finished the Korean War with 208 missions over Korea, more than any other B-29. I was the Ass't Crew Chief; Staff Sgt. Ralph Logan was the Crew Chief at the time.

If you flew on B-29 POW supply missions for the 20th AF (any BW) between August 27 - September 20, 1945... please contact me

34 inches in diameter and roughly 35 feet long starting from the fuselage sta. before the front upper sighting blister to a tad before the rear upper sighting blister.

I would like to know the diameter and length of the pressurized tunnel between the nose section and the mid section or wher to find the information

I'm researching a story on B-29s in Korea for AIR & SPACE/SMITHSONIAN magazine, and would like to interview some of the participants. Also interested in talking to Silverplate crews from WWII and the Korean action. Telephone 703-683-4773, e-mail caposey@att.net Thanks & happy landings. cp

I had been a twin advanced instructor until Dec. 1944 when they decided they didn't need us any more. Then went to learn how to fly B-24 and then they asked if I would like to try B-29. Silly question! What a great airplane and loved to fly it. What a pleasure sitting at 20K feet without oxygen!! Got to Tinian just in time for the end of the war. The only mission I flew was the Power Display over Tokyo bay at the signing of the surrender on the Battleship Missouri.

Long live FIFI!!

I was a B-29 radio operator at Pyote, TX from Apr-Nov '45 We were on our last training flight when the war ended on Aug 14. Engine fires were quite common during training. The #3 engine on one of our flights caught fire when we were about an hour out from the base. The pilots and flight engineer managed to extinguish it and feather the prop so we got back to base OK. Kinda scary, though. My pilot was 1st Lieutenant Howard Campbell, a first-rate pilot and an A-1 officer in every respect. He was from Ohio and I would like to get in touch with him. If anyone knows him please contact me by e-mail or phone (760-942- 0223)

There were 11 flight crewman: Bombardier, 2 Pilots, Flight Engineer, Navigator, Radio Operator, 3 Gunners, Radar Operator, and Tail Gunner. Our plane, a Wichita B-29, flew 51 bombing mission and 1 POW supply mission with never an abort. Of our 35 missions our crew flew 32 of them, the balance was flown by other crews. Our Ground Crew Chief received the Legion of Merit after its 50 mission with no aborts.