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

Kansas Aviators in the B-29 Program

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

1. Kansas Aviators in the B-29 Program Marker

Inscription.
*Lt R. Nelson
Minneapolis, Kansas
B-29 Navigator
73rd Bomb Wing
Shot Down - March 1945
Beheaded - September 1945
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*S/Sgt L. [Lynn] Barnett
Colby, Kansas
Flight Engineer
19th Bomb Group
Killed in Action - May 1945
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Lt Darrell W. Landau
Oberlin, Kansas
Engineering Officer
19th Bomb Group 28 Squadron
19th Bomb Group Historian

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

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

Also see . . .
1. B-29 Memorial Plaza, Great Bend KS. (Submitted on July 20, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. The Boeing B-29 in Film and Photos. (Submitted on July 20, 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 November 20, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 20, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 641 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 20, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on April 9, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.