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497th Bomb Group Updates

Milt Martin

01/06/2010 02:59 pm

Added 01/06/2010

Stories, photos and documents have been added to 497th Bomb Group material.

08/21/2010

Updated Photo album for 497th BG 869th SQ

Added 497TH BG 869TH SQ Crews

09/23/2010

Updated Photo album for 497th BG 870th SQ

09/28/2010

Added 497TH BG 870TH SQ Crews

12/18/2010

Updated Photo Album for 497th BG 871st SQ

01/01/2011

Added 497TH BG 871ST SQ Crews

06/08/2011

Added Beard Crew members of 497th BG 870th Crew.

Added Beard Crew photos 3,4 to 497th BG 870th SQ Album

Added Lampley Crew 3 Photo to 497th BG 871st SQ Album

06/11/2011

Added photos to Beard, Delker(2), Hahn and Ewing Crews of 870thSQ Album

Added photo to Yon Crew of 869thSQ Crew Album

11/15/2011

added squadron album insignias

11/29/2011

added George Petoff Journal

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Joe's Flight To Remember

Joe Chovelak, a B-29 crewman in WWII, visited Pratt Kansas this week.
Here are some photos of Joe Chovelak's Flight from Pratt Army Airfield this morning (09/23/09).

Don Nass Visits Pratt

Don Nass was a CFC Gunner on a B-29 Superfortress crew in WW II. As an eighteen year old cadet, assigned to the 29^th Bomb Group (Very Heavy), he was stationed at Pratt Army Air Field from September, 1944 through January, 1945.