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Old 11th December 2018, 16:58
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Gene P Rutherford

Gene was the Flight Engineer on the B-29-15-BW-42-6365 "General H.H. Arnold Special", and spent 4 months as a "guest" of the Soviet Union. MACR 9664

https://obittree.com/obituary/us/cal...6013/index.php

Video interview with Lt Col Rutherford (retired)

http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/sto...0001001.stream

For those with fold3.com access

MACR 9664, 13 pages

https://www.fold3.com/image/38219369

Image of "General H.H. Arnold Special" nose art

https://www.fold3.com/image/55661567

"General H.H. Arnold Special" with crew. That's Gene standing center back row (4th from left)

https://www.fold3.com/image/46953255

"General H.H. Arnold Special" with ground Crew Chief M/Sgt Jack Hague

https://www.fold3.com/image/55664869

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