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| Homer Dickenson in India |
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| Recent Address: |
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3901 Watt, Waco, TX 76710 |
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| Email: |
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| Family Information: |
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Parents: C.T. and Nancy; Wife: Margaret; Children: Glen and Dale. |
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| Hometown: |
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Waco, TX |
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| Date Entered Service: |
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August 28, 1942 |
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| Service Number: |
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38221424, 0547148 |
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| Bomb Group: |
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444th |
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| Squadron: |
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678th |
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| Location of Unit: |
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Great Bend, KS (September, 1943) |
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| Missions Flown: |
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17 |
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| Hump Missions Flown: |
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20 round-trip |
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| Targets: |
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Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Yawata, Mukden, Formosa, Omura, Nagasaki, Saigon |
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| Awards/Decorations: |
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Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leak Clusters (2 large and 2 small) Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, Presidential Unit Citation
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| Service Schools Attended: |
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Electrical Specialist -- Chanute Field, IL ; B-29 Airplane Mechanics -- Seattle, WA ; Flight Engineer School -- Salina, KS |
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| Military Specialty(ies): |
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MOS 1028-Aircraft Observer, Flight Engineer (VHB) |
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| Rank Upon Discharge: |
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1st Lt. |
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| Crew Type: |
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Flight crew |
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| Airplane Serial No.& Name: |
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42-6262 Round Trip Ticket, The Avenger |
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| Were you a POW? |
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No |
| If so, where? |
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| Were you interned? |
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No |
| If so, where? |
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| Date Transferred from the 58th: |
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April, 1945 |
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| Date Discharged from the 58th: |
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October 26, 1945 |
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| Post-WWII Military Service: |
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| Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s): |
| 50 years as Wholesale Hardware Salesman |
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| Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing: |
| Thank the Lord -- Good Crew -- Good Airplane |
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| Comments: |
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The history of ROUND TRIP TICKET one of the first group of B-29's to fly over Japan: 37 Hump crossings; 12 completed missions -- approximately 800 hours. Lost on 13th mission, December 7, 1944.
Major Barnes and crew were flying the plane on that day while the original crew were flying another plane. Target Mukden, Manchuria. Oldest combat ship in group at the time lost.
Major Blackwell, Original Pilot; Lt. Homer Dickenson , Flight Engineer; Co-Pilot Gourley; Navigator Backmann.
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