File:45th Bombardment Squadron Boeing B-29-40-BW Superfortress 42-24579.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file(1,079 × 768 pixels, file size: 96 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Description
English: 45th Bombardment Squadron Boeing B-29-40-BW Superfortress 42-24579 "Eddie Allen" of the 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, XX Bomber Command. Aircraft condemned, battle damage, West Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1 June 1945

This plane was named after Eddie Allen, a chief test pilot at Boeing Aircraft Co., Wichita, Kansas, who built and presented the plane to the Army Air Forces, The test pilot was killed in the second experimental B-29.

left to right, back row: Major Ira V. Matthews, Lafayette, Alabama, pilot; 1st Lt. Robert A. Winters, Wichita, Kansas, co-pilot; 1st Lt. Herbert C. Hirschfeld, navigator, Chicago, Illinois; 2nd Lt. Charles Behrle, bombardier, New Haven, CT; Flight Officer Louis F. Grace, engineer, S/Sgt John J. Mahli, crew chief, Ambridge, Pennsylvania, Sgt. Claude L. Bolin of Newton, Kansas, assistant crew chief. Left to right, front row: T/Sgt Fred H. Thompson, Ft. Worth, Texas, radio operator; S/Sgt S. V. Sienkiewicz, Cook County, Illinois; S/Sgt L. E. McBride, Springfield, Massachusetts;

S/Sgt. Samuel P. Winborne, top turret gunner, Raleigh, NC and Powers.
Date
Source US National Archives via http://www.40thbombgroup.org/Schutte2.html
Author United States Army Air Forces
Permission
(Reusing this file)
USGOV-PD

Licensing[edit]

Public domain
This image or file is a work of a U.S. Air Force Airman or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain in the United States.

العربية  беларуская (тарашкевіца)  català  čeština  Deutsch  English  español  eesti  فارسی  suomi  français  italiano  日本語  한국어  македонски  മലയാളം  မြန်မာဘာသာ  norsk bokmål  Plattdüütsch  Nederlands  polski  português  português do Brasil  русский  sicilianu  slovenčina  slovenščina  српски / srpski  svenska  Türkçe  українська  Tiếng Việt  中文(简体)  中文(繁體)  +/−

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current17:37, 5 February 2012Thumbnail for version as of 17:37, 5 February 20121,079 × 768 (96 KB)Bwmoll3 (talk | contribs){{Information |Description ={{en|1=45th Bombardment Squadron Boeing B-29-40-BW Superfortress 42-24579 "Eddie Allen" of the 45th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, XX Bomber Command. This plane was named after Eddie Allen, a chief test pilot at Boeing Ai

File usage on other wikis

The following other wikis use this file: