Great Bend in Barton County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Old-Bitch-U-Airy Bess

58th Bomb Wing • 462nd Bomb Group

— 769th Bomb Squadron —

Old-Bitch-U-Airy Bess Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 13, 2012

1. Old-Bitch-U-Airy Bess Marker

Inscription. K.D. Thompson • Thomas F. Randle, Jr.
Thurman W. Sallade • Thomas L. Price
Vaughn A. Plevan* • S. Clay Sandhofer
Louis N. Decory • Charles O. Trabold
B. Keith Baldwin • Gordon K. Golden
Leroy J. Arents

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

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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); Welch's Wolves (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Great Bend.

Also see . . .
1. 58th Bomb Wing Photos and Film. (Submitted on April 10, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. B-29 Memorial Plaza, Great Bend, Kansas. (Submitted on April 10, 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

B-29s of 462nd Bomb group in formation over India during the fall of 1944 image. Click for more information.

via World War Photos, 1944

3. B-29s of 462nd Bomb group in formation over India during the fall of 1944

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Credits. This page was last revised on May 13, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 10, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,124 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 10, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on April 9, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on May 13, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.