Us Official Photographs
B-29 Superfortress Black Jack over Manchuria
Crew of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "BLACK JACK" of the 678th Bomb Squadron, 444th Bomb Group, XX Bomber Command, beside their plane, shortly before taking off on the 7 December 1944 bombing raid over Mukden and Dairen, Manchuria. CHINA. They are, back row, left to right: 1st Lt. Robert W. Paisley of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, co-pilot S/Sgt. Edward Winkelman of Neenah, Wisconsin, tail gunner Lt. Roy C. Palmer of Minneapolis, Mimesota, navigator Capt. Lee E. Baker of Palmyra, Missouri, pilot Lt. Jerome H. Eigenberger of Plymouth, Wisconsin, bombardier S/Sgt. Thomas J. Woods of New York City, left gunner Front row, left to right: S/Sgt. Nikolas Esposito of New York City, right gunner S/Sgt. A.W. McCown of Los Angeles, California, radio operator S/Sgt. Claude E. Kendall of Ashland, Ohio, Central Fire Control S/Sgt. Chester G. Down of Louisville, Kentucky M/Sgt. John P. Sullivan of Utica, New York, flight engineer