Pacific Wrecks Forum

The serial # for the American Beauty was #42-24703 Here is a link that shows the American Beauty (pic #26) http://b-29.org/58BW/468thBG/meredith/meredith1.html You can also find info and pics of the American Beauty on Wiki Here is also a link to the 792nd list of aircraft http://www.468thbombgroup.o...

The American Beauty was part of the 58th Bombardment Wing, 468th Bombardment Group, 792nd Bomb Squadron as best as I can tell. My dad was the bombardier. His name was Lt. Earl G. Statler. He talked about the crash many times. They were coming back from a mission and running low on fuel, they got per...