RB-29 shot down on 7 Oct '52

Comments: Only 1 week before RB-29 #44-61815, 91st Strat Recon Sq, Yokota AB was shot down by Soviet fighters, I flew in the tail gun position in that aircraft for a photo mapping mission over southern Honshu. We carried neither guns nor ammo, and I'm assuming that it was unarmed as well on that fateful, last mission on 7 October, 1952 near the Kurile Islands. Even though I wasn't an air crewman (I was a 23- year-old T/Sgt on 6 months TDY from March Field, working in FEAF Bomber Command Hq), the crew treated me like I was a "regular." I'll always remember their hospitality and friendliness; it was especially gratifying for the pilot to periodically call me on the intercom to check how everything was in the tail-gun position. Sure a rotten shame that such great guys met such a miserable fate. Jerry S. Craft former T/Sgt

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6091st Recon Squdn Yokota Tour Jacket - Bobby

Comments: Hello all -

Thank you for serving, first and foremost.

Years ago, a friend gave a tour jacket to me. It's in navy blue velvet that reverses to pale gray satin. The front has "Bobby" embroidered on the left, Asian characters on the right. The back has embroidered "6091st RECON SQUDN" across the shoulders; an embroidered patch, diamond shaped with a winged devil being chased by a knight on horseback with 91 on the shield; then "YOKOTA AIR BASE" AND "JAPAN" underneath.

It's not in great shape. Well-worn. But it needs a new home - the right home. I could put it on eBay, but Googling brought me here. I'd like for it to go to the right person, perhaps a family member or someone who might have known this "Bobby" if someone can be found. If there's a museum I should contact, or if someone would like it for sentimental value - I'd prefer that before a collector wants it for collecting's sake - or for huge profits. Please contact me, if there's a good place for this jacket that anyone knows of. I'll send images and information. I want to do the right thing. But, I do need to make a decision soon. Thanks in anticipation of any response, and please excuse me if this is the wrong forum to do this.

Keywords: 6091st, Recon, Yokota, Japan,

91st & 6091st

Comments: PS We flew RB 29'S then flew RB 50's when they changed over

Keywords: I was a gunner with the 91st when it changed over to the 6091st at Yacota AFB Japan. Some of my crew members were A/C Col. Mason D. Harrel/Dusty Rhodes, Lt grubs CP, Lt Morrisrow, bombadier, Runyon, CFC gunner, Gerald B. Krupp left gunner, and myself as right gunner, I can't remember the rest of the crew.

UNIT PATCH

Comments: SEEKING 91ST PATCH FOR PERSONA; COLLECTION

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91st SRW / 91st SRS Reunion

Comments: 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing (1948-1957) (McGuire, Yokota, Barksdale, Lockbourne) - Includes members of 91PRS, 91SRS, 322SRS, 323SRS, 324SRS, 91ARS, FMS, AEMS, RTS, PMS, SupSq, MedGp, APSq, ComSq, HQ, 16PRS, 31SRS, 6091SRS, et al.

Our next 91SRW Association reunion is scheduled for 5-10 September 2007 at Minot, North Dakota. Contact: Jim Bard, 3424 Nottingham Road, Westminster, MD 21157, phone 410-549-1094, e-mail jimbardjr@comcast.net

Website: http://91stsrw.microway.com/

Keywords: 91st SRW, 91st SRS,

91ST.SRS & 6091ST. RECON. UNITS YOKOTA

Comments: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN!!! THERE ARE SEVERAL 91ST. WEB SITES OUT THERE: WWW.RB-29.NET/HTML/91STSRSHISTORY/05.02.91STTRANS/00.50INTRO.HTML WEBMASTER CHARNELL@BRAINERD.NET " CHUCK " STONE RE-CON BROTHER BENCHEW932@MSN.COM " GENE " NELSON I HOPE THIS IS HELPFUL TO SOME. JOSEPH SAVKO P.S. PLEASE VISIT THIS SITE, TO WHICH I AM A CONTRIBUTOR,A SUPERB WEB. HTTP://MYWEBPAGES.COMCAST.NET/B29SINTHEKOREANWAR/B29KOREANWAR.HTM WEBMASTER EARL MCGILL MCGILWE@COMCAST.NET MANY LINKS TO B-29 SITES.

Keywords: YOKOTA, 10TH. RADAR CALIBRATION SQDN. 53-54

Revised Message-Hoyt

Comments: My father, Robert M. Hoyt,has recently passed away. He was in Yokota, Japan with the 91st Strategic Recon. Sqdn. in 1952-1953. He was the CFC on the RB 29. With: George Pryor, Rodney (Hank) Hancock, Larry Novac, Frank Seay, Patrick Murtha, Paul Denton,Gary Hathaway and Herman Johnson. My mother Betty Hoyt is wondering if any of these men are still around. It would mean so much to her to contact any of these men. My mother also has quite a few pictures, if anyone is interested. Please send me an E-mail.

Keywords: 91st Strategic Recon.Sqdn. 1952-1953 Yokota, Japan

Pilot 1953 Hoyt

Comments: My father, who has recently passed away, was with the 91st Recon. Sqdn. in 1953. He flew the RB 29 with: George Pryor, Rodney Hancock, Larry Novac, Frank Seay, Patrick Murtha, Paul Denton,Gary Hathaway and Herman Johnson. My mother Betty Hoyt is wondering if any of these men are still around. It would mean so much to her to contact any of these men.

Keywords: 91st Recon. Sqdn.Yokota, Japan October, 1953

capt joe g davis

Comments: greetings. looking for info and pictures of lt joe g davis. he flew w/the 91st in 1951. any help would be greatly appreciated. best, braxton

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RB-29

Comments: I had the opportunity to fly on a photo-mapping mission over Hiroshima & Nagasaki a week prior to its fatal flight north of Hokkaido on 7 October '52. I worked in crypto at Bomber Command Hq. and was eager to fly in a B-29 (but not one that would fly into Harm's Way over Korea). I received permission to fly in the tail gun position on October 1; these aircraft would photo-map areas south of Yokota one week, then north of the base on alternate weeks. I saw neither guns nor ammo aboard #44-61815 on my flight, and I doubt that it was armed for its flight the following week. Its crew treated me like one of their own. I was greatly saddened when I learned of their deaths. Every one of them, both officers and non-coms, were most gracious hosts who shared their food and coffee. The 12 hours I spent with them was the highlight of my tour in Japan.

Keywords: RB-29 #44-61815, "Sunbonnet King" 91st Strat Recon Sq. Yokota AB Shot down by Russians 7 Oct '52

RB-29's and MiG's

Comments: I am researching air combat in the Korean War, from US and "MiG" perspectives. Is anyone familiar with either of these RB-29's of the 31/91SRS.

42-93992 "Where Next?": assigned in the 31st in August 1950. When was it assigned out, and/or what was its final fate?, or any of its interesting missions.

44-61855: assigned to 31st prior to the Korean War, did it have a nickname? Did it encounter MiG's December 26th 1950? or does anyone know the aircraft involved in that incident, when the Soviets claimed an RB-29 shot down near the Soviet-NK border but none are known to have been lost.

Joe Brennan

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Looking for information on my Dad

Comments: I am looking for any and all information on my father, Lawrence J. Maloney, from Newark, NJ. Larry was in Korea from May 1 1952 until July 27 1953. He was a CFC Gunner who flew 48 combat missions. Any and all information would be loved !!

Thank you so much !!

Keywords: RB-29, Korea, 1952, 1953

M/Sgt Alfred H. Charland

Comments: He was A Flight Engineer participating in aerial flights in the Korean conflict from 1952-1953. He retired in 1959

Keywords: He had a tatto of an American Eagle/USAF put on his arm while in Japan. He had a wife named Nell and Three kids.His crew put a whip on his leather bomber jacket.He liked to be called Al. He was born and raised in Massachusetts.

yokota afb, japan

Comments: WE LANDING ON 23 OCT 1953 AND LEFT ON 18 JULY 1954.WE FLEW RECON. MISSONS OUT OF YOKOTA CALL THE YOKE.I WAS AN INSTRUCTOR ON CHECKING ALL THE FLIGHT ENGINEERS ON THEIR PERFORMANCE.MY PILOT WAS LT. CHARLES STONE. WE FLEW AROUND 2,000 HOURS. LATER WE STARTING FLYING B-50'S WITH GENERAL ELECTRIC PROPS. AN ONE FLIGHT WE LEFT THE PROPS IN THE FIX SETTINGS AND JUST MADE IT. DURING JULY 54, WE STARTED TO FLY THE 98TH BOMB WING'S B-29 BACK TO DAVIS MONT. AIR BASE IN AZ. THERE I WENT IN TO THE KC-97G REFUELING SDG AT MCDILL AFB IN FLA. IF ANY ONE RELATES TO THIS TIME FRAME IN OUR LIVES, PLEASE LETS TALK. I KNOW ITS BEEN 51 YEARS BUT TIME NEVER FLYS BY US BY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE GOOD DAYS WE HAD. TAKE CARE AND MAYBE WE WILL TALK AGAIN??? JAMES ( SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS)

Keywords: flew a/c (LAST 4 #- 2261) AT YOKOTA AFB JAPAN.DURING OCT 53- JULY 54.

Photo Lab Buddies 1949 - 1951

Comments: I joined the Squadron at McGuire AFB in April 1949. Our unit moved to Barksdale AFB, Shreveport LA in the summer of '49. I worked in the Photo Lab. The Korean War broke out in June 1950 and in August, all of our enlistments were involuntarily extended one year. In Dec. '49, one-hundred of us shipped out to West Drayton RAF Station, outside London, England. We went for thirty days TDY and then we stayed for a year...rumor had it that we were processing film and analysing radar blips from the U2 flights over Poland. Would love to hear from any buddies. Sgt. Richard "Deacon" Clayton

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91st SRW - Parent unit of the 91st SRS

Comments: The 91st SRS was reactivated under the 91st SRW and after a short period of equipping and training was detached to FEAF for operations. During its Korean War activities, the squadron remained assigned to the wing. Members of the 91st SRS are within the field of membership of the 91st SRW Association - about 50 are now active members. See our website at: 91stsrw.microway.com

Keywords: 91st SRW - Parent unit of the 91st SRS

Occupied Yokota AB Commanders

Comments: Hello, I think I'm losing my mind. What I'm looking for is a list of all the commanders of Yokota Air Base from 1945 on. I thought this would be a very simple thing to find. Wrong!!! It reminds me of my attempt to download and print a map of Washington state the other night. No I dont want a railroad map or a dairy farm map. I'm giving up looking because my computer is heading out the window the next time I type "List of Yokota AB Commanders" in my search engine and something stupid pops up.If any one has a list I would be grateful if they could email it to me at lizestallings@aol.com

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91st Strategic Recon Sqdn

Comments: My father, Donald W. Thomas (stationed at Castle) was a crew chief in the 91st Strategic Recon Sqdn. I'm trying to find anyone who knew him or has pictures of him during the Korean war.

Keywords: 91st Strategic Recon Sqdn, crew chief, stationed at Castle, 91st SRS

FIGHTER SQUADRON/ NELLES AIR FORCE BASE

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Keywords: I am the daughter of Lucius J. Freeman. He was in 2796th or something like that Fighter Squardron at Nelles Air Force Base in Nevado in the 1950's. He is looking for old pals and anyone that can connect him to Darryl O' Neal that was serving at that time.

6091st

Comments: During Dad's 24 yrs Air Force carreer,We PCS's to Yakota AB.in 62. Dad was a panel FE on KB 50's w/421st ARS.Tranfered to 6091st/Sneaky Pete's as a FE.Due to critical shortage of panel FE, trans. back to 421st after a yr. In my humble view, Dad was the best of the best panel FE's their was. Dad got his last PCS orders on Sept. 14, 2004. Flying with Jesus

Keywords: Sneaky Pete's, Panel FE

6091st/556th Squadron PAtches

Comments: I am looking for a 6091St or 556th Recon Squadron Patch. I was a crew chief on one of the C-130bII's assigned to this squadron from 1965 till 1970. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

Keywords: I am looking for a 6091St or 556th Recon Squadron Patch. I was a crew chief on one of the C-130bII's assigned to this squadron from 1965 till 1970. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

HQ 91st Strat Ren Wg(M) (SAC)

Comments: My father, Herrell McDaniel, is looking for information about members of his unit from Ark. LTC Henry Reeves commander

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91st Recon - 322nd Squadron

Comments: My Father John P Metz of Buffalo, New York was stationed out of Lockbourne AFB, Ohio until his tour bgean in Yakota. He was one of few tailgunners in the RB-45C's facing migs in the Korean War. He received the Air Medal for shooting down a mig during a recon mission. His nickname was "Suicide John" and I am looking for anyone with information or pictures that might have known him.

Keywords: Korean War 1950-1954

Looking for Info on RB-45 or RB-29

Comments: I have been writing on military aviation history for 42 years. I am very interested in getting in touch with any of the guys from the 91st to see if they have any stories or color slides from that era. I am just finishing an article on the February 5th 1955 MiG shootdown by F-86's that were flying escort for a lone RB-45..

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