Superfort Crew’s Siberian Odyssey

A B-29 copilot’s sole combat mission began with a dangerous flight over ‘the Hump’ and ended with internment in the Soviet Union. On November 14, 1944, a shiny new B-29 Superfortress arrived from the United States at XX Bomber Command in Kharagpur, India. The copilot on the 11-man rookie crew was a 22-year-old second lieutenant …

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