Wayne Canwell's Shemya Scrapbook
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| I Served with Flight "B" of the 375th
Reconnaissance Squadron V.L.R. (very long range)
Weather from 1948 to 1949. I was an Aircraft Mechanic
with this group and enjoyed every minute of it. Our
Squadron consisted of WB-29's which flew weather
missions over the North Pole and down into Japan. In
April of '49 Flight "B" was transferred to Eielson
AFB, where I served until 1950.
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#1. Wilkie
and Wayne Canwell on WRB-29 # 4462197. Shemya,
1948.
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#2. Wayne
outside "Town Theatre." Shemya, 1948
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#3. Crash of
462216 WRB-29. Shemya, winter of 1947-48.
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This is the history of aircraft
# 4462197
B-29A-65, s/n 44-62197
This B-29 was manufactured by Boeing Aircraft at
Renton, WA and delivered to the USAAF on 4 Sep 1945.
| Sep 1945 |
To Topeka AAF KS |
| Oct 1945 |
To Chico AAF CA |
| Jan 1946 |
To Merced AAF CA |
| Feb 1946 |
To Victorville AAF CA (storage)
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| Jul 1946 |
To Kelly AAF TX (storage) |
| Jun 1947 |
To 59th Reconnaissance (Weather,
Very Long Range) Squadron Air Transport
Command), Fairfield AAF CA |
| Oct 1947 |
To 375th Reconnaissance (WVLR)
Squadron (Military Air Transport Service),
Fairfield AFB CA |
| Jul 1948 |
To RB-29A |
| Nov 1948 |
To Elmendorf AFB AK (deployments
to Shemya AFB AK) |
| Oct 1950 |
To Eielson AFB AK (to WB-29A)
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| Mar 1951 |
To 58th Strategic Reconnaissance
(Medium) Squadron (MATS), Eielson AFB |
| Jan 1955 |
To Oklahoma City Air Material
Area, Tinker AFB OK |
| Jul 1955 |
To 4750th Air Defense Wing (Air
Defense Command), Yuma County AFB AZ (to TB-29A)
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| Sep 1955 |
Dropped from inventory by
transfer to US Navy |
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