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Welch's Wolves

58th Bomb Wing • 444th Bomb Group

— 677th Bomb Squadron —

 
 
Welch's Wolves Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 13, 2012
1. Welch's Wolves Marker
Inscription.
Thomas Welch • James Johnson
Robert McKay • George Glover
Charles Vail • Robert McInerny
Allan Hanson • James Jones
Walter Grouten • James Vasbinder
Bob Kilburn • Hugh Polson
Am Reinhard

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & SpaceWar, 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 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); Duke's Lead Crew (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); 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. (Submitted on April 9, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
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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.)
 
B-29 Memorial Plaza, Great Bend, Kansas image. Click for full size.
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 591 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 9, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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Jun. 11, 2026