92nd Bombardment Wing

Air Force BBS

Legacy Messages - 1995-1999

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Nathan Mills wrote on October 9, 2024

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City and State: HELSTON

Unit: 92ND BG

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Comments: Hello All, I need to find the names of personnel who were in Sculthorpe from April 1st to May 15th 1949. Specifically I am trying to find a McIntosh or a Patton...or if anyone has any information on where I can get a manifest or muster list of servicemen for this period. It is really important

Keywords: Sculthorpe, 92nd BG

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Nancy Clayton wrote on October 23, 2015

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City and State: UTOPIA TX

Unit: 92ND BOMB GROUP

Service or Relationship: Family Member

Comments: Hello: My father, Abner Clayton, was stationed at Fairchild AFB from March till October, 1952, with the 92nd.
He also worked on the new plane - the XC-99.
My mother, little sister, and I, all lived at Medical Lake from July till October, with my dad.
We had moved from Kelly AFB (San Antonio, TX) to Spokane that summer.

The end of September 1952, my little sister (age 5 months) and I (age 3) became so ill with a strange flu illness we almost died. My mother has always said the base hospital was full of people with the same illness. The Air Force doctors couldn't admit us - there were too many people being treated for the same illness - but they didn't know what it was. My mother was told to take us home (there were people in the halls, also); a doctor who was from New York City (been called up) said he didn't know what we had, but told us to boil our water and leave the area if we could. There were many deaths from the illness - including people in Spokane.

Does anyone remember people getting sick in September or October of 1952 at Fairchild and in Spokane? In the past few years, the government has admitted radiation releases in 1952 from the Hanford plant that reached Spokane. There were also experiments going on with chemical releases from planes at Fairchild. My dad never talked about anything that went on there. He would get angry when we would ask him about it. (He got out of the service within two weeks of the illness - and we moved back to Texas!)

I am trying to find out what made us so ill - and what went on that fall in eastern Washington state. Our health was affected from whatever took place. My dad was ill the rest of his life and died of emphysema in 1988. My sister died at age 47 from kidney disease. I have been reading about cancer and illness in people who lived in the area during those experiments (remember the sheep experiments?).

Please - if anyone remembers the strange illness that made so many people sick (and die) at Fairchild, would you get in touch with me?

Thank you. Nancy Clayton

Keywords: 92nd Bomb Group, Fairchild AFB, XC-99, Hanford

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Gerald Sachs wrote on March 19, 2014

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City and State: PALM DESERT CA

Unit: 92ND BOMB SQUADRON

Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran

Comments: I was a medical technician at Fairchild AFB in 1954. Took my Basic Training @ Lackland AFB in 1952. I signed up with George Petro and Mitch Mitchell. Would really like to find these two men if they are still above ground.

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Beverley Sallee wrote on June 21, 2013

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City and State: COMBS AR

Unit: ?

Service or Relationship: Family Member

Comments: Seeking info or contact with anyone who was in 92nd BW with my

Dad, Bobby Gulledge in Korean war. Dad is 82 and would like to

have contact. Dad was a tail gunner on the Liberty Belle.

Keywords: Bobby Gulledge Liberty Bell

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Mike Minnick wrote on May 20, 2012

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City and State: GERMANTOWN MD

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Service or Relationship: Family Member

Comments: my dad was a crew chief on b-50 and b-36 bombers
during the korean war. he rarely talked about his
postings. he passed in 1998 and is buried at
arlington national. i am just looking for anything
about him. thanks

Keywords: william, bill, billy, minnick, sergeant, tech, crew
chief, hunter, b-36

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Joseph L. Hartzog wrote on March 11, 2010

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City and State: MARIETTA GA

Unit: 92ND BOMB WING-327TH BSQD-CREW S-70 51-53

Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran

Comments:

Keywords: B-36 electronics K system tech-assigned to flight crew S-70 as inflight
systems tech Dec 51 to Aug 53.Col "Granny" was A/C, Capt E.O. Smith
3rd Pilot,Col Paul Hansen was Bomb-Nav,Capt Dedecker 2nd Nav, Capt
Sellers Flt Eng.
Would to hear anyone from A and E or 327th BS

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Thomas Phelan wrote on January 31, 2010

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Unit: 92ND BOMB WING, SAC

Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran

Comments:

Keywords: B-29 Yakota Korea

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Herbert C. (Herb) Harper wrote on May 17, 2007

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City and State: GEORGETOWN TN

Unit: 345TH BOMB SQ, 98TH BOMB GP.

Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran

Comments: Robbie:

There is a good book written by a Brit, titled "FORCE FOR FREEDOM" (The USAF in the UK since 1948) NOT to be confused with the official history of the 98th SAME TITLE. It details all the USAF units assigned AND TDY in England from 1948 to about 1990. The 92nd is in it.

Another book just out by Rick Rodregues titled "Aircraft Markings of the Strategic Air Command" features the tail and other markings of the 92nd.

Herb Harper Former historian 98th Vets. Assoc. and 345th BS Flight Line Armament NCOIC at Yokota.

Keywords: The Pyramidiers

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Robbie Robinson SR. wrote on February 19, 2005

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City and State: LISKEARD

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Service or Relationship: Interested Person

Comments: Help please.
I am researching information /photographs for a book on B-29/B-50 deployments to England .
The 92ndBG deployed to RAF Sculthorpe in 1949 and the aircraft carried ' Diamond W ' tail markings on their B-29,s after this deployment the unit was active in the Korean War.
I would like as much information as possible please regarding this deployment and any photos on loan to me will be returned to the rightful owner .
I believe the squadrons and their colours were:-
325-red.,326-blue and 327-yellow.
sincerely,
Robbie Robinson.

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Wayne Frint wrote on December 16, 2004

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Comments: I was staioned at Fairchild from Dec 1957 to May of 1963 and worked in the jet engine shop, mostly on the flight line (engine conditioning) and test cell.
Would love to hear from anyone how was there in that time frame.
I live in Mead wa. and occasionally see a name I recognize but that is usually in the obituarys.

Keywords: Jet Shop

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Carter Wilson wrote on October 1, 2004

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City and State: BOISE ID

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Service or Relationship: Interested Person

Comments: Searching for an individual who I believe was a navigator stationed at Fairchild during 1959. His first name was Lincoln, but we don't know his last name, although it was believed to have sounded Italian in origin.

We have important family information to pass to him if we can locate him. Anyone with any knownledge is asked to call:
Family Research Group
Boise ID
800) 842-7479.

Keywords: Lincoln, Fairchild, navigator

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Herbert Greer wrote on August 4, 2004

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City and State: JACKSONVILLE AR

Unit: 325TH SQ

Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran - Korea

Comments: 1950
Korean Conflict
B-29 #4066

Brothers: Herb and Don Greer

Mission # Date Target

1 13 Jul Wonsan
2 16 Jul Kongju
3 20 Jul Pyong’Yang
4 23 Jul Chungju
5 26 Jul Seoul
6 30 Jul Hungnam
7 01 Aug Hungnam
8 03 Aug Hungnam
9 07 Aug Pyong’Yang
10 10 Aug Wonsan
11 12 Aug Rashin
12 16 Aug Poksong’Dong
13 19 Aug Chongjin
14 22 Aug Seishin
15 27 Aug Kyonpio
16 29 Aug Seishin
17 03 Sep Sangju
18 04 Sep Sangju
19 07 Sep Shinanju
20 10 Sep Kuackson
21 13 Sep Namwon
22 15 Sep Taegon
23 20 Sep Checkon
24 24 Sep Chongsin
25 26 Sep Chongsin
26 29 Sep Sangosan
27 01 Oct Pyong’Yang
28 03 Oct Pyong’Yang
29 08 Oct Hamhung
30 11 Oct Anju
31 13 Oct Pyong’Yang

Keywords: Korean 50th Greer Family (Nellie, Herb and Don)

Herbert and Donald Greer recently received the Republic of Korea War Service Medal for their service in the Korean War. The ceremony was held in Anderson, California so that their 99 year old mother, Nellie, could attend and receive a Certificate of Appreciation from the Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, for allowing her sons to serve together on the same B-29 Superfortress during the war. Retired U.S. Air Force Major General Nels Running, the Executive Director of the U. S. Department of Defense’s 50th anniversary of the Korean War Commemoration Committee, was joined by South Korean Ambassador to the U.S., Sung Chul Yang, in presenting the medals and certificates. “Freedom is not free” was the major theme from the speeches of two dignitaries. More than 150 veterans and their families were in attendance. The brothers flew some 31 combat missions over Korea as crewmembers on the same B-29. Herb, then a S/SGT. Worked as the radio man and Don, then a first Lieutenant, piloted the aircraft. They also flew together during World War II in the Pacific and may be the only brothers to have done so in two wars.
Herb enlisted first in 1942. Don followed in 1943. The two brothers wanted to fly together but such service was precluded in the face of the Sullivan Brothers tradgedy. All five brothers from the Sullivan family of Waterloo, Iowa were lost when their ship the USS Juno was torpedoed at Guadacanal in 1942. Regardless, Herb and Don flew three missions together near the end of the war. Their final mission was flying cover for the USS Missouri as the Japanese signed the peace treaty ending the war.
Don’s wife Loretta, went to live with her mother in Stockton, California. “While there, I would go to the movies” remarked Loretta. “In those days there were news clips of the war playing before the main feature. This particular time I watching the news clip and saw my husband and brother-in-law in their plane. I talked with the manager of the theater and he told me, I could come back anytime and watch the news, which I did.”
The brothers left combat duty in Korea in early November 1950. Each brother continued with his Air Force career. Don learned to fly jets and subsequently to arm nuclear bombs, which were carried in his aircraft. He finished his career as the military aide to the Secretary of the Air Force at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. While there, he was part of the team on Air Force Two that brought everyone home from Dallas after President Kennedy’s assassination. Herb went on to fly in B-36’s, B-47’s and B-52’s before retiring at Little Rock Air Force base.

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Adolph C. Niehoff wrote on May 29, 2004

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City and State: MONTGOMERY AL

Unit: 327 BOMB SQ, 92ND BW

Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran - Korea

Comments: I served as an aircraft armorer in the 327th Bomb Squadron at Yakota AB, Japan from July 1950 to Nov 1950. Unit was engaged in combat operations over Korea until returning to Fairchild AFB to convert to B-36s in Nov 1950. My nickname is "Skip" would appreciate hearing from any member who remembers me from that time.

Keywords: Yakota AB July 1950-Nov 1950

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George Winters wrote on April 10, 2003

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Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran - Korea

Comments: Reptd to Spokane AFB in 1949. a and e mech.,dispatched to Yokota, Japan, 1950, had the honor to meet Gen. Odonnell, discharged in 1952, Forbes AFB, Topeka, Ks.

Keywords: Alva McCoy was civilian in our maintenance shop.

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Dan Reed wrote on January 12, 2003

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City and State: ST. PAUL MN

Unit: 92ND FMS

Service or Relationship: -

Comments: I was at fairchild AFB with the 92nd FMS from Sept '73 thru may '77. Fresh from tech school I watched the B52's come back from south east asia.
I'm hoping someone can come up with some scenic photos of the base. Photo galleries on websites would work too. My son was born at Fairchild at the base hospital. I want to show him where he lived the first year of his life. Everything I had was destroyed in a fire years ago. Thanks.......

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Nancy Clayton wrote on October 12, 2002

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City and State: UTOPIA TX

Unit: 92ND

Service or Relationship: Family Member

Comments: Hello: My father, Abner Clayton, was stationed at Fairchild AFB from March till October, 1952, with the 92nd.
He also worked on the new plane - the XC-99.
My mother, little sister, and I, all lived at Medical Lake from July till October, with my dad.
We had moved from Kelly AFB to Spokane that summer.

The end of September 1952, my little sister (age 5 months) and I (age 3) became so ill with a strange "flu" we almost died. My mother has always said the base hospital was full of people with the same illness. The Air Force doctors couldn't admit us - there were too many people being treated for the same illness - but they didn't know what it was. My mother was told to take us home (there were people in the halls, also); a doctor who was from New York City (been called up) said he didn't know what we had, but told us to boil our water and leave the area if we could. There were many deaths from the illness - including people in Spokane.

Does anyone remember people getting sick in September or October of 1952 at Fairchild and in Spokane? In the past few years, the government has admitted radiation releases in 1952 from the Hanford plant that reached Spokane. There were also experiments going on with chemical releases from planes at Fairchild. My dad never talked about anything that went on there. He would get angry when we would ask him about it. (He got out of the service within two weeks of the illness - and we moved back to Texas!)

I am trying to find out what made us so ill - and what went on that fall in eastern Washington state. Our health was affected from whatever took place. My dad was ill the rest of his life and died of emphysema in 1988. My sister died at age 47 from kidney disease. I have been reading about cancer and illness in people who lived in the area during those "experiments" (remember the sheep experiments?).

Please - if anyone remembers the strange illness that made so many people sick (and die) at Fairchild, would you get in touch with me?

Thank you. Nancy Clayton

Keywords: 92nd Bomb Group, Fairchild AFB, XC-99, Hanford

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Herbert C. (Herb) Harper wrote on September 22, 2002

Deceased

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City and State: GEORGETOWN TN

Unit: 98TH BOMB GROUP/WING

Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran - Korea

Comments: Would like to get in touch with J kolander Nose Art Artist.

Herb Harper, Historian 98th Vets. Assoc. WEB http://members.aol.com/BOMBGRP98/index.html

Keywords: 345th Bomb Sq. March 1949-August 1952. Was also at Smokey Hill 1952-1954.

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John McKelvey wrote on April 20, 2002

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City and State: GRAND JUNCTION CO

Unit: 92ND BOMB WING / 92 A-E SQ.

Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran - Korea

Comments: Would like to hear from anyone, in the A and E Squadron from 1954 thru 1957. I was an ECM tech.

Keywords: Radio, Autopilot, ECM

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Nena Smothers wrote on April 28, 2001

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City and State: NEWPORT WA

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Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran - Korea

Comments: My father was stationed at Fairchild from abt 1956-1961. He was in the Korean conflict but when we lived in Texas and he was stationed at Randolph.
He died in 1970 from heart attack at Dyess AFB hospital sitting on the couch waiting for his 6 month checkup.
I am looking for anyone who might have known him esp. At Fairchild. He did a lot of flying and was on alert a lot. I use to go out and watch him fly his B-52 into the air and wish I could go with him.
He never talked much abt Korea or any of his 25 yrs in the AF...but he loved it and flying the bombers.
Thank you, his daughter, Nena Smothers

Keywords: Col. James E. Smothers

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Thomas Sorenson wrote on October 20, 2000

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City and State: WOODLAND CA

Unit: UNK

Service or Relationship: Family Member

Comments: My father was staff flight engineer at Fairchild AFB from 1952-1956. He was assigned to the 92nd and flew with several crews to maintain his fight hours. He made the transition from B-29s to B-36. He was partial to the B-29, but loved the B-36 just as well. He recently passed away this past May.

His name was Maurice Earl Sorenson. He would have been a Captain at the time.

I would like to contact anyone from that time period who was at Fairchild on any flight crew of B-36s'. I am trying to obtain photos of unit markings and plane variations during that time and also would like to contact anyone who might have known my father.

Keywords: aircraft/ friends

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David Burns wrote on October 17, 2000

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Comments: Interested in information regarding Thomas B. Hoxie, Pilot of B-29 "Hoxie's Hoax". Bomberlost over the Sea of Japan(?) on inital raid on Korea. He survived with some of the crew. I would like to establish contact with any surviving members of his crew. Brigadier General Hoxie passed on 12-24-89. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Regards/David D. Burns

Keywords: 92nd bomb group/B-29 "Hoxie's Hoax"

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Thomas Sorenson wrote on June 29, 2000

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City and State: WOODLAND CA

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Service or Relationship: Family Member

Comments: Hi--My father, Maurice Earl Sorenson, was stationed at Fairchild AFB from 1952-1954 and was a flight engineer on B-36's. From what my mother has told me, he was senior operations officer for flight engineers. Any way, my father passed away may 2000. I was only 4 when we arrived and 6 when we left, but to this day I still remember the sight of those beautiful aircraft over head and the one of a kind sound they made. Just like a harley davidson-one of a kind.

I am currently working a a model of the B-36 and was wondering if anyone had a closeup shots og the nose with the wings markings and any other photos with markings that might be helpful.

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Dan Cowan wrote on June 3, 2000

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Comments: Hi. My dad, Harold G. "Bub" Cowan put in about 2600 hours flying B-36s with the 325th squadron, mostly out of Fairchild AFB. His logbook says "15th Air Force" in early entries, then "92nd bomb group" in later entries. I'd be interested in corresponding with anyone who remembers him. He passed away in 1988. I vaguely remember a story he told me of a head-on collision between two B-36s (I was just 4 years old at the time). Does anyone remember if this really happened?

Keywords: 325th, B-36

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Thomas Sullivan wrote on December 27, 1999

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City and State: LAKE OSWEGO OR

Unit: 92 THEN 99TH AT FAIRCHILD

Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran - Korea

Comments: I was pulled off crew which was headed to Korea. I stayed at fairchild with B 36 crew AC was clyde Perry.We did transition with 92th until we got our own RB36s. We did not know at time Many b36s were destroyed in texas by tornados.Would like to here from any crew members from b36s of 99th wing

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Gene R. Brown wrote on November 20, 1999

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City and State: BONSALL CA

Unit: 92 ND. A-E-ECM

Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran - Korea

Comments: Unite with old friends Bynum,Richardson, Bertleson,Hubble.

Keywords: B-36 era (SAC)

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Joseph L. Hartzog wrote on May 8, 1999

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City and State: MARIETTA GA

Unit: USAF 92ND BW(B-29/36)

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Comments: THOUGHT THE WORLD FORGOT

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