Wade ...

I am a bit confused....You say your father was a member of the 93nd BS, 19th BG and then later on a member of the 459th BS (?). 

(The 459th BS was a Squadron in the 330th BG).

The four squadrons in the 19th BG were the 28th,30th ,93rd and 435th.
Did you mean the 435th?
 
Both of the B-29s... "City of Clifton"...42-65308 and the "City of Flatbush"... 44-69682 were in the 19th BG.

In any event, I would recommend contacting the website for the B-29s in WW II and Korea,
http://b-29.org

Jim :-)     B-29 Korea 92nd BG (M).    

James S. Peters Sr. T/Sgt
B-17 Flt Engr, 27 missions
99 BG, 348BS, 5th Wing, 15th AAF
Tortorella, (Foggia#2), Italy
My Tour was from 12/03/44-06/19/45
M/Sgt USAF (Retired)

My records list City of Clifton as S/N 42-65308 and City of Flatbush (AKA as Atomic Tom)  S/N 44-69862.
 
You can order the history cards from Maxwell AFB, AL. The cards will give you the date and place of manufactor, units of assignment and final disposition of the aircraft. It will NOT give you the combat record.
 
Herb Harper, Former Historian 98th Vets Assoc

I looked at http://www.geocities.com/awood999/index19.html which has a list of air crews for 19th BG Guam.  I found City of Flatbush, but not City of Clifton.  Your father wasn't listed though for City of Flatbush. Sorry, but the link might be of use anyways.
 
 

Thanks for your response.  Sorry for the confusion. In Oct 1945, my father was promoted to 1st LT after receiving the Air Medal and was in the 93rd squadron and later that month went to the 459th squadron.

Wade...Did he transfer to the 330th BG ?  As I pointed out the 459th was assigned to the 330th BG. Did you mean the 435th BS of the 19th BG ?
 
Jim :-)

James S. Peters Sr. T/Sgt
B-17 Flt Engr, 27 missions
99 BG, 348BS, 5th Wing, 15th AAF
Tortorella, (Foggia#2), Italy
My Tour was from 12/03/44-06/19/45
M/Sgt USAF (Retired)

Jim,
 
Your question drove me to pull out all the papers of my father and you are correct, I missed it in my research.  On October 29th, 1945, my father was reassigned to the 330th Bomb Grp.  The reassignment took him out of combat and he returned stateside.  His last combat mission, however, was with the 93rd over Isezaki, Japan on Aug 15th, 1945.  The reassignment documents I have show that  Crew #84, AP#44-69862 was reassigned to the 459th Bomb Sqdn, in the 330th Bomb Group.  
Crew #84  consisted of:
1st Lt William R Mac Elroy- AC
F/O Stephen Kellner - P
1st Lt Harry L Rugg - Nav
F/O Bernard T Mc Caffery - FE
1st Lt William R Lounsberry - V
Sgt Irwin Wisotsky - ROM
Sgt Carroll Rowe - GNR
Sgt Edward F Garramano - GNR
 
I am assuming the this Crew#84 was the crew that took over Flatbush after Jum Hall.  I have attached a photo of my Father in the City of Flatbush.
 
Thanks again.
 
Wade Rugg
US Air Force - 1970 to 1976
RF4C Phantom Crew Chief
 

ORIGINAL: jpeters140

Wade...Did he transfer to the 330th BG ?  As I pointed out the 459th was assigned to the 330th BG. Did you mean the 435th BS of the 19th BG ?

Jim :-)

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I did not find your father on my list of bombardier graduates.  It is a large list but certainly not complete.  Do you have documentation showing him as a bombardier?
 
I have a website dedicated to bombardiers and if he is one I'd like to add him to the site.
 
Dave

Link to: Bombardiers of WWII Website

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The only docs I have on that is a photo of his graduating class from Bombardier-Navigator Training graduating class,  Squadron 89. Santa Ana Army Air Base, April 20, 1944.  See attached photo.  Also, info on follow-up bombing training at in Dec 1944, PYOTE  RATTLESNAKE BOMBER BASE
 

ORIGINAL: Dave T

I did not find your father on my list of bombardier graduates.  It is a large list but certainly not complete.  Do you have documentation showing him as a bombardier?

I have a website dedicated to bombardiers and if he is one I'd like to add him to the site.

Dave

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