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

Original B-29 Pilots At Great Bend Army Air Field

By William Fischer, Jr., November 13, 2012

1. Original B-29 Pilots At Great Bend Army Air Field Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Of the 12 original pilots chosen
for the B-29 program
the following were stationed
at Great Bend Army Air Field
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Marshall (Moe) Brown • Jack Doran
Archie Lewis • George (Mac) McCarthy
Patrick (Pat) Saunders • Leslie (Les) Sloan
R.A. (Buddy) Lewis - Co-pilot of the
Enola Gay

Location. 38° 20.836′ N, 98° 50.99′ W. Marker is in Great Bend, Kansas, in Barton County. Marker 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. Marker is in this post office area: Great Bend KS 67530, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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

B-29 Memorial Plaza, Great Bend, Kansas image. Click for full size.

By William Fischer, Jr.

2. B-29 Memorial Plaza, Great Bend, Kansas

(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, Kansas. (Submitted on July 20, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
2. "B-29s" in Victory in the Pacific, PBS American Experience program. (Submitted on July 20, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)

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Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on July 20, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 349 times since then and 5 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 20, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 2. submitted on April 9, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.