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B-29 crew on Saipan

The B-29 takes it!. Capt. James Pearson and his crew of the 881st Bomb Sqd., 500th Bomb Gp., 73rd Bomb Wing based on Saipan, brought this plane in from Tokyo over 1500 miles of water thru adverse weather and darkness with two engines out on one side. The fuselage was severed by a runaway prop and in a crash landing the nose was completely sheared off. Flight time, 17 hours.

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