Credits: Thanks to James Richmond, son of Cpt Barron A. Richmond (A/C), for information about this airplane.
The Airplane
This airplane was serial number 42-24901.
Source: Photos Tinian 1944-45 provided by Michael Kenney. Photos copyright protected and may not be used without permission. [http://www.mrprophead.com/b29nose1.htm]
The Air Crew
The primary air crew of this airplane was #3918.
Source: “B-29 Superfortress in Action”, Squadron Signal Publications, Aircraft No. 31, p. 33.
The “Cultured Vulture” at Iwo in March 1945. Note that the plane number is “25” instead of “35”.
This airplane survived the war and was reclaimed 15 Jul 1952.
This crew primarily flew “Ernie Pyle’s Milkwagon / Uncle Sam’s Milkwagon“.
The Ground Crew
The crew chief of this airplane is not known.
