Units
Flying from Yokota from early July 1950 thru Octo 1950, redeployed to Spokane.
325th Bomb Squadron
326th Bomb Squadron
327th Bomb Squadron
In early July 1950, 92nd BG B-29s arrived from the United States at Yokota AB, Japan. By the time the entire group completed its deployment on July 13, its aircraft had already flown a leaflet mission to Seoul and a combat mission against the Wonsan marshaling yards in North Korea. Under the control of the FEAF Bomber Command (Provisional) until October 20, the 92nd bombed factories, refineries, ironworks, hydroelectric plants, airfields, bridges, tunnels, troop concentrations, barracks, marshaling yards, road junctions, rail lines, supply dumps, docks, vehicles and other strategic and interdiction targets. The 92nd BG returned to Spokane AFB, Washington in late October and November 1950.
Stations
Yokota AB, Japan, mid-July-October 29, 1950.
325th Bomb Squadron
326th Bomb Squadron
327th Bomb Squadron
In early July 1950, 92nd BG B-29s arrived from the United States at Yokota AB, Japan. By the time the entire group completed its deployment on July 13, its aircraft had already flown a leaflet mission to Seoul and a combat mission against the Wonsan marshaling yards in North Korea. Under the control of the FEAF Bomber Command (Provisional) until October 20, the 92nd bombed factories, refineries, ironworks, hydroelectric plants, airfields, bridges, tunnels, troop concentrations, barracks, marshaling yards, road junctions, rail lines, supply dumps, docks, vehicles and other strategic and interdiction targets. The 92nd BG returned to Spokane AFB, Washington in late October and November 1950.
Stations
Yokota AB, Japan, mid-July-October 29, 1950.
Entry: 77106
Subject: SOME PICTURES FROM 49' IN ENGLAND
Subject: SOME PICTURES FROM 49' IN ENGLAND
Michael Griggs wrote on December 12, 2010
City and State: MARYSVILLE CA
Unit:
Service or Relationship: Family Member
Comments: I came across a couple photos that my grandfather had from around 1949 in England. I think it was with the 92nd BG 326th BS. Don't know who any of the people in them are or even what he was doing over there. Would be interested to know if anyone recognizes someone in the photos so if you do then please contact me. Here's a link to my photobucket account with the photos. http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm181/mghcal/Air%20Force%20Photos/
Also a photo that says Guam 1950. Was the 92nd in Guam at that time? Thanks for any info.
Keywords: 92nd Bomb Group England
Entry: 69216
Subject: BLACK TUESDAY OVER NAMSI, A TRUE HISTORY OF THE EPIC AIR BATTLE OF THE KOREAN WAR
Subject: BLACK TUESDAY OVER NAMSI, A TRUE HISTORY OF THE EPIC AIR BATTLE OF THE KOREAN WAR
Earl J. (Mac) McGill wrote on February 20, 2009
City and State: TUCSON AZ
Unit: 19BG, 28BS
Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran
Comments: Until this book, very little had been published about B-29 combat operations during the Korean War, and most of what was written was either incomplete or riddled with misconceptions. Having flown 28 combat missions as a B-29 copilot and witnessed the aftermath of the Namsi debacle I was anxious to set the record straight.
In doing so, I spent seven years researching and writing about a battle that lasted fifteen minutes--yet forever changed the way air warfare would be waged.
Black Tuesday Over Namsi, a True History of the Epic Air Battle of the Korean War can be ordered from the publisher, Heritage Books by calling 800-876-6103 or online at heritagebooks.com.
Reviews of Black Tuesday Over Namsi can be accessed through my web site, B-29s in the Korean War. Readers have so far responded that they were surprised and delighted. I hope you will be too and look forward to hearing from you.
Keywords: Black Tuesday, Namsi, B-29, Air Battle
Entry: 57205
Subject: FRANK GREY
Subject: FRANK GREY
Colin Covington wrote on May 17, 2006
City and State:
Unit:
Service or Relationship: Other
Comments: I was recently on holiday in Orlando Florida and I noticed an article in the Orlando sentinel Friday Feb 10 2006. Living in the UK and having some interest in WW2 8th Airforce it felt that you may like this information
Frank Grey was war hero, elusive pow.
Associated press
Jacksonville beach - Frank Grey, who was held in STalag 17 by the Germans in WWII and was known as the Grey Ghost for his ability to avoid detection and escape, has died, his family said. Grey, 90, died Sunday of heart failure. He served 20 years in the Air Force and was a veteran of WWII and the Korean Wa. He was quite an amazing man said his grandson, Tim Grey of Naples. Grey was a tail gunner on a B17 on the 92nd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force in England when his plane was shot down. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross, a Purple Heart and the POW Medal. He later served on a B29 crew, surviving 57 bombing missions over North Korea. His exploits at Stalag 17 were detailed in a 2004 book, The Flame Keepers by Ned Handy and Kemp Battle. According to the book, Grey immediately hid among 4,000 POWs when he arrived at infamous Stalag 17. After a three day search by German guards and the Gestapo, they were unable to find Grey and became convinced that he escaped. In a 2004 report in the Florida Times Union, Grey said that nobody outside his family knew of his incredible history at Stalag 17, the POW camp in Austria made famous by the 1953 Oscar winning movie Stalg 17, and peripherally, the 1965 televions comedy Hogans Heroes. For six decades Grey kept it to himself, he told the paper. "Ive told nobody else but my relatives. I felt that I still had a price on my head." Grey's N17, nicknamed the Kansas City Killer, was shot down Aug 12, 1943, over Gelsenkirchen on its 12th mission over Germany. Grey bailed out with a parachute when the engines and intercom were blown out. "The Nazis were waiting for me," Grey told the Times Union. A German police officer loaded Grey onto a mototocycle and took him to a jail. The SS, the German military's security service, took Grey to its headquarters and then to Stalag 7-A, about 85 miles north of Berlin, where he spent 98 days in a hole in the ground. During the next year, Grey escaped seven times. His elusiveness and sabotage became a great source of humiliation for the Nazis. After one escape, the Times-Union reported, Grey sabotaged a German freight train headed to the Russiona front. He got on a flatbed car carrying anti-aircraft guns, disabled the equipment and threw it out in the fields. Edward McKenzie, another former Stalg 17 prisoner who lives in Littleton, N.H., said Grey was supposed to be at Stalag 17 overnight and then go to Vienna to stand trial on civil charges. Grey resurfaced and made his way into an adjoining Russian POW compound, from which he escaped and made his way back to England, according to the book. He became known as the"Grey Ghost". Grey, a longtime resident of Jacksonville Beach, was born in Welch, W.Va., on October 1, 1915. He is survived by his wife and three children. Funeral services are today at First Christian Church of the Beaches, with burial to follow at Riverside Memorial Park.
Keywords: Frank Grey was war,Hero,elusive POW
Entry: 54747
Subject: B-29 PHOTOS AND INFORMATION CONCERNING U.K.,DEPLOYMENT 1949
Subject: B-29 PHOTOS AND INFORMATION CONCERNING U.K.,DEPLOYMENT 1949
Robert Robinson SR. wrote on December 20, 2005
Email Update Needed
City and State: CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Unit:
Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran
Comments: Sir,
am researching material for a book about B-29 / B-50 deployments to England during 1946-1953.
The 92nd Deployed to RAF Sculthorpe ,Norfolk, from Feb 1949 to May 1949.
The B-29's were carrying tail code " Diamond W " and the three Squadrons were :- 325 - red, 326 - blue and
327 - yellow.
I believe the 98th B.Gp was also there at the same time .
I would very much like to borrow any photos of the aircraft, by E.mail or letter to copy for the book please ,anything on loan to me will be returned to the rightful owner.This is required also for the artwork.
Any information about the deployment including Training and Exercises will be very welcome .
Sincerely,
Robbie Robinson.
address:-37 Home Farm Road , Houghton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 2BN,England.
Keywords: 92nd Bomb Group ,RAF Sculthorpe, England. 1949
Entry: 46540
Subject: AIRCRAFT ELECTRICIANS
Subject: AIRCRAFT ELECTRICIANS