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POST 45.
Photo 1. B-29 42-93846 (505BG Tinian) K- Tri. 4.
Photo 2. B-29 44-70070 (9BG Tinian) Circle X 16. Added a caricature Japanese.
Photo 3. B-29 42-94042 (6BG Tinian) L-Tri. 40 then Circle R/40. Crew originally flew "Forever Amber" damaged at Kobe June 5. Pirate insignia for previous service in the Caribbean.
Photo 4. B-29 44-70124 (6BG Tinian). Circle R 60.
Photo 5. B-29 42-94067 (9BG Tinian) X Tri. 35.
Photo 6. B-29 don't know her. Possibly re-named?
Photo 7. B-29 42-24917 (29BG Guam) ex.-330BG. Square O 50.
Photo8. B-24J 90BG "Jolly Rogers" ( named for c/o Col. Arthur H. Rogers, hence skull-crossbones) the crew member wears the unofficial insignia; all 4 squadrons had unofficial emblems, " Asterperious", "Moby Dicks", "Bombs away", "Black Pirates". This is the 320BS "Moby Dicks". Later had skull-crossbones on squadron colour tails.


All these B-29s survived.
Nick