The Long Haul: Richard Almand’s Longest Mission of WWII

A B-29 radar navigator arrived late in the Pacific theater, but flew a dozen missions, including the last—and one of the longest—heavy bomber raids of the war. Richard Almand saw his first Boeing B-29 while training as an Army Air Forces navigator at Ellington Field near Houston, Texas. “Even at a distance, it was huge,” …

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