Great Bend in Barton County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Duke's Lead Crew
58th Bomb Wing 444th Bomb Group
| | 679th Bomb Squadron | |
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 13, 2012
1. Duke's Lead Crew Marker
William J Drummy III Max J Etra
Joseph R Hampton Rodney E Willitts
George E Gardner Everett W Cords
Carl L Haase John L Austin
Lawrence D Sand Malcolm J Setzer
Loney G Boggess
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II.
Location. 38° 20.836′ N, 98° 50.99′ W. Memorial is in Great Bend, Kansas, in Barton County. It is on 6th Street west of Airport Road/SW 40th Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Marker is at the B-29 Memorial Plaza at Great Bend Municipal Airport. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Great Bend KS 67530, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Central Kansas. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, on the Southern Plains, and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Leslie J. Campbell Jr. (here, next to this marker); Crew 52 (here, next to this marker); Great Bend AAF Ground Training Unit (here, next to this marker); Honey - V☐ 42 (here, next to this marker); Pacific Queen Z-35 (here, next to this marker); Rover Boys Express (here, next to this marker); Welch's Wolves (here, next to this marker); Van Wingerden's Crew (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Great Bend.
Also see . . .
1. 444th Bombardment Group Association
this page online
2. 58th Bomb Wing Photos and Film. (Submitted on April 9, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. B-29 Memorial Plaza, Great Bend, Kansas. (Submitted on April 9, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
2. B-29 Memorial Plaza, Great Bend, Kansas
Credits. This page was last revised on September 1, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 9, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 705 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 9, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
