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B-29 Specs

B-29 Specs. B-29. This is the story of a local hero and why the model is marked as V Square 50.

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B-29 Specs

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  1. B-29 Specs

  2. B-29 This is the story of a local hero and why the model is marked as V Square 50

  3. Doran Lewis, who lives in Ogden, flew 33 missions over Japan in B-29’s. Most of the flights were in a B -29 known as “Umbriago” and marked as “V Square 50”. Some of his story can be found in a publication titled “Saints at War”.

  4. The original

  5. The original on the ramp in Saipan circa - 1944

  6. A Jan Hyde shot of the model on the ramp in Salt Lake

  7. A B-29 down in the oceanCould it be???

  8. V Square 60 or is that a 50?

  9. Notice the crew in the life rafts.

  10. So – they went back and got another fresh B-29, marked it “V Square 50”, painted the nose art on it and it was good to go. This was the second of three that were so marked. The third survived the war and was returned to the United States where it was eventually scraped.

  11. Nose art

  12. Actual picture from Doran’s flight jacket. Still in his closet.

  13. Salt Lake Warbirds

  14. St. George Warbirds

  15. 30 seconds later

  16. After the rebuild

  17. At the UTE field

  18. LasVegas

  19. See – Even the big boys had troubles with ditches!

  20. One way trip to Russia The three B-29s were named Ramp Tramp (42-6256), Ding Hao (42-6358), and The General H.H. Arnold Special (42-6365).

  21. Russian TU-4

  22. Doran and his daughter at the SL Warbirds

  23. And the guy that makes it look easy.

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