Aircrew of the Boeing B-29 serial #42-6281 "20th CENTURY UNLIMITED" at Hsinching Airfield (A-1) near Chengdu, China; forward staging base of the 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, 58th Bomb Wing, XX Bomber Command; after completion of a raid on Anshan, Manchuria.
Back row, left to right:
2nd Lt. William Louis Gardner; Metamora, Indiana; Bombardier
1st Lt. James Virgil DeCoster; Portland, Oregon; Co-Pilot
Capt. Jack Clarence Ledford; Zanesville, Ohio; Pilot (Aircraft Command Pilot).
M/Sgt. Harry C. Miller; ASN: 18001187; Denver, Colorado; Flight Engineer; Subsequently KIA on 25 Oct 1944 from an enemy fighter attack over Omura, Japan. The aircrew buried him in a Christian cemetery in Fenghsien, China.
2nd Lt. Harold T. Oblender; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Navigator
Front row, left to right:
Sgt. Gilbert H. Rodencal; ASN: 16156625; Berlin, Wisconsin; Radar Operator
Sgt. Thomas A. Clark; ASN: 36158905; Michigan; Central Fire Control senior gunner
S/Sgt. Charles D. Bacon; ASN: 13041558; New Castle, Pennsylvania; Right Gunner. NOTE: MACR #16241 for the 25 Oct 1944 mission lists S/Sgt. Wilmer C. Paslay (ASN: 18218135) as the Right Gunner.
S/Sgt. David L. McCullough, Jr. ASN: 20761165; Polk County, Iowa; Radio Operator. NOTE: Duoyne Lee McCullough (ASN: 37407979) also served as a B-29 Radio Operator in the CBI.
S/Sgt. Russell F. Elwell; ASN: 11084127; Suncook, New Hampshire; left gunner. NOTE: MACR #16241 for the 25 Oct 1944 mission lists Capt. Robert F. Elwell (ASN: O-761909) as the Left Gunner.
T/Sgt. Enrico E. Pisterzi; ASN: 18069493; Arvados, Colorado; Tail Gunner. NOTE: MACR #16241 for the 25 Oct 1944 mission lists T/Sgt. James Halpern (ASN: 32622243) as the Tail Gunner.
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