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

Wichita Witch

73rd BW • 498th BG • 874th BS

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

1. Wichita Witch Marker

Inscription. Guy T Dobbs • Robert M Rowlin*
Stanley Rabicki (POW) • Kenneth E Beyer*
John W Ray* • Clarence B. Hewlett*
Morris R Tyler* • Edward M Sieniewicz*
Richard E Sandlin (POW) • Kenneth A Seely*
Gerald J Westerman*
Aircraft No. 42-246654

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.

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

Regarding Wichita Witch. Asterisk means died in service.

Also see . . .
1. B-29 Memorial Plaza, Great Bend, Kansas. (Submitted on June 25, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. B-29 Superfortress. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on January 4, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

3. 20th Air Force Organizational Structure. (Submitted on June 25, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
4. 73rd Bomb Wing Photos and Film. (Submitted on June 25, 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

Wichita Witch image. Click for full size.

via 40th Bomb Group, unknown

3. Wichita Witch

"T Square 30, SN 42-42654., otherwise nicknamed 'WICHITA WITCH' flew with the 20th Air Force, 498th BG, 874th BS out of Saipan in the Pacific campaign of World War Two. The aircraft flew over forty missions but was destroyed on the ground during a Japanese air raid on the island of Saipan on Christmas day of 1944."

Credits. This page was last revised on January 4, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 25, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,048 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 25, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on April 9, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on January 4, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.