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498th, 73rd, 874th BG 1945 information
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02/10/2004 01:27:37 PM
Can anyone help me solve this mystery? I have a full size picture of the B-29 crew and my father Carl (nickmaned pinkie because he was only 17 years old) Schultz who was the tailgunner in T-square 36 on 6/5/1945. He passed away in 1990. I am interested in finding out the names of the other crew members....pilot, co-pilot, radio, bombadier, etc. Flight records I have mention Moden, & Creedon but I do not know if they were part of the crew. Thanks for any help.
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Re:498th, 73rd, 874th BG 1945 information
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08/11/2008 09:56:23 PM
I am not sure that the bombardier I knew was part of your fathers crew or not. The one I knew was Donald Bush. He and his crew flew T-36 until new planes arrived which senior crews on Saipan would get to switch to if they wanted a newer plane. T-36 had been shot-up on an earlier mission and patched up. When the new planes arrived, they switched to T-square-36. At one time; I had his records with crew photos and names and several others that were stationed there but sent them back to him for a reunion he was planning to attend. He Passed away in 2002 and they had never been returned. He was living in Riverside at that time and I have a strong feeling that the people that were around him then didn't have much interest or concern with his records. The crew your father was on may have been the crew that got his first plane or the crew that got his second plane which I believe continued service in Korea.
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