Young crew pose with B-29 "Waddy's Wagon" 42-24598 at Isley Field on Saipan
The crew pose in front for the bomber immitating their caricatures in the nose art.
(Left to right) Plane Commander, Captain Walter R. "Waddy" Young, Ponca City, OK, former All-American end; Lieutenant Jack H. Vetters, Corpus Christi, TX, pilot; Lieutenant John F. Ellis, Moberly, Missouri, bombardier; Lieutenant Paul R. Garrison, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, navigator; Sergeant George E. Avon, Syracuse, New York, radio operator; Lieutenant Bernard S. Black, Woodhaven, New York, Flight Engineer; Sergeant Kenneth M. Mansie of Randolph, Maine, Flight Technician; and gunners - Sargeants Lawrence L. Lee of Max, North Dakota; Wilbur J. Chapman of Panhandle, Texas; Corbett L. Carnegie, Grindstone Island, New York; and Joseph J. Gatto, Falconer, New York.
On January 9, 1945 the entire crew (with the exception of Vetters) went Missing In Action (MIA) aboard B-29 "Waddy's Wagon" 42-24598 returning from a bombing mission Nakajima Musashino Aircraft Factory at Musashino west of Tokyo.
Credit: USAAF Date: November 24, 1944
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