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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B86_the-b-29-memorial_Great-Bend-KS.html
[Panel] 1 The B-29 Memorial
Honoring the Past...Educating the FutureThe B-29 Memorial was built to honor the sacrifices made by people in the past to ensure freedom for future generations. Until the 1990s, the Great Bend Army Air Field was typi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IT_40th-bomb-group_Great-Bend-KS.html
Activated April 1, 1941Deactivated October 22, 1946
Served with Distinction From Bases In—————————Puerto Rico · Panama · Guatamala · Ecuador · Pratt, Kansas &midd…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IS_kansas-aviators-in-the-b-29-program_Great-Bend-KS.html
*Lt R. NelsonMinneapolis, KansasB-29 Navigator73rd Bomb WingShot Down - March 1945Beheaded - September 1945—————————*S/Sgt L. [Lynn] BarnettColby, KansasFlight Engineer19th Bomb GroupKilled in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IQ_talie-ho_Great-Bend-KS.html
Paul J Burnor · Kenneth W FisherJohn R Brown · Harold L HaddenJohn M Williams · Raymond E NelsonFrank O'Neil · Ellis W ConradFrank W Steed · Burrel S LewisJames R McFayden
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IP_original-b-29-pilots-at-great-bend-army-air-field_Great-Bend-KS.html
Of the 12 original pilots chosenfor the B-29 programthe following were stationedat Great Bend Army Air Field——————————Marshall (Moe) Brown · Jack DoranArchie Lewis · George …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM195D_73rd-bomb-wing_Great-Bend-KS.html
Wing CommanderGeneral Emmett "Rosie" O'Donnell
497th Bomb Group - A869th Bomb Squadron870th Bomb Squadron871st Bomb Squadron
498th Bomb Group - T873th Bomb Squadron874th Bomb Squadron875th Bomb Squadron
499th Bomb Group - V877th Bomb Squa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM195B_tamerlane_Great-Bend-KS.html
"The Chief" Hay · John FroehlichFrank Pettibone · John PearsonJames Hunter · "Hap" OwensRobert Beals · Robert ThillCharles Burton · Bill BostickAl Ruester
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1958_ssgt-thurman-walling_Great-Bend-KS.html
"Lucky Irish" Gunner73rd BW 497th BG 870th SQ30 combat missions from Saipan.Enroute home in the famous 52-mission"Dauntless Dottie" which led the firstSaipan-Tokoyo [sic] Raid, the plane crashedon Kwajalein, June 7, 1945
In memoryHerbert W Hobl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1950_walter-r-anderson_Great-Bend-KS.html
Second LieutenantU.S. Army Air ForceNavigator B-17 & B-292nd Air Force16th BW - 235th BG
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM193F_city-of-bakersfield_Great-Bend-KS.html
Vernon Chandler · James StevensWayne Christensen · George LaneNeil Allen · Frank HermesRichard Ackerman · Harold GalbreathDouglas Snook · Rutger KindbergRoy Kurre · Robert TannehillAndrew Kerzner