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TALES TO NOSES
OVER BERLIN Tales To Noses Over Berlin1 898575 02 9book.php?book=2&booktitle=tales-to-noses-over-berlin
OVER BERLIN Tales To Noses Over Berlin1 898575 02 9book.php?book=2&booktitle=tales-to-noses-over-berlin
MERSEBURG:
BLOOD, FLAK & OIL Merseburg: Blood, Flak and Oil978-1-898575-04-7book.php?book=3&booktitle=merseburg-blood-flak-and-oil
BLOOD, FLAK & OIL Merseburg: Blood, Flak and Oil978-1-898575-04-7book.php?book=3&booktitle=merseburg-blood-flak-and-oil
PLANE NAMES &
BLOODY NOSES - 100BG(H) Plane Names And Bloody Noses1 898575 01 0book.php?book=4&booktitle=plane-names-and-bloody-noses-100th-bomb-group
BLOODY NOSES - 100BG(H) Plane Names And Bloody Noses1 898575 01 0book.php?book=4&booktitle=plane-names-and-bloody-noses-100th-bomb-group
THE FLIGHT OF EAGLES:
USAAF Evasion In Occupied Europe during December 1943 The Flight Of Eaglesbook.php?book=5&booktitle=the-flight-of-eagles-usaaf-evasion-in-occupied-europe
USAAF Evasion In Occupied Europe during December 1943 The Flight Of Eaglesbook.php?book=5&booktitle=the-flight-of-eagles-usaaf-evasion-in-occupied-europe
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Pacific Queen
B-29-15-BA 42-63429
B-29-15-BA 42-63429
500th Bomb Group, 882nd Bomb Squadron
Nose art painted by
Cpl Henry JOHNSON
500th Bomb Group, 882nd Bomb Squadron
Isley Field, Saipan
Cpl Henry JOHNSON
500th Bomb Group, 882nd Bomb Squadron
Isley Field, Saipan
Johnson painted a seated grass-skirted half nude on this Super Fortress which was claimed by pilot Capt Joe Savage as "Sunny's Honey". The artist's "Drowsy Swede" signature can be seen below the artwork.
The photo below shows Corporal Johnson clearing away his reference sketches and masking after completing the paint job on the right hand side of the B29. This suggests air brushing as well as brush work was involved. The name "Donna Jean's - Little Chief" refers to (cp) 2Lt Leonard 'Shorty' Hughes wife.
I am grateful to the family of John M Norton for making this information available via Joe Hudak. If anyone can add further missions to this listing I would very much appreciate hearing from them. It is thought that "Pacific Queen" successfully completed 50 combat missions -- perhaps more.
AFHRA photo via Jim Bowman
Known Mission List
| Date | Pilot |
Target |
Notes |
| 8 Dec 1944 | Capt J Savage | Iwo Jima | ? |
| 13 Dec 1944 | Capt J Savage | Nagoya | ? |
| 18 Dec 1944 | Capt J Savage | Nagoya (abort) | ? |
| 22 Dec 1944 | Capt J Savage | Nagoya | ? |
| 19 Feb 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Nakajima Tokyo | One fighter destroyed |
| 25 Feb 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Nakajima Tokyo | ? |
| 7 Mar 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Okinawa | Landed at Guam, returned that night |
| 9 Mar 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Tokyo | Sustained weak attack by Japanese night fighter |
| 11 Mar 1945 | 1lt R O Haas | Nagoya | ? |
| 13 Mar 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Osaka | Low level attack. Attacked by Baka bombs |
| 16 Mar 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Kobe | ? |
| 27 Mar 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Oita airfield | ? |
| 31 Mar 1945 | 1st W E Robertson Jr | Kyushu | ? |
| 8 Apr 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Kyushu | Aborted - non sortie |
| 12 Apr 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Musashima | ? |
| 16 Apr 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Tokyo | ? |
| 18 Apr 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Izami airfield, Kyushu | ? |
| 26 Apr 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Kyushu airfield | ? |
| 5 May 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Kure | Hole in right wing and in #2 engine |
| 10 May 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Tokuyama | ? |
| 14 May 1945 | 1Lt J R Farrell | Nagoya | ? |
| 16 May 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Nagoya | ? |
| 19 May 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Hamamatsu | ? |
| 23 May 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Tokyo | ? |
| 29 May 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Yokohama | ? |
| 1 Jun 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Osaka | ? |
| 5 Jun 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Kobe | ? |
| 10 Jun 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Tokyo | ? |
| 15 Jun 1945 | Capt H G Gray; | Osaka | ? |
| 17 Jun 1945 | Capt Arbon | Hamamatsu | Aborted - non sortie |
| 19 Jun 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Fukuoka | ? |
| 22 Jun 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Kure | One hole from flak |
| 26 Jun 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Osaka | ? |
| 29 Jun 1945 | Capt H G Gray | Sasebo Naval Base | ? |
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