My grandfather was a gunner on a B29 named Bell Ringer or Belle Ringer in WWII. My family is interested in finding out more information on the plane, specifically pictures of any nose art, or on any of the men that fought with my grandfather. What I do know is that the plane as "lost" on July 5th 1945 with "War Weary" listed as the reason. Also, I have found that on January 11th of 1945 the Bell Ringer flew Mission 27 over Penang, Malaya. Any other information that you have would be greatly appreciated!
2007-08-07 09:58:55 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I should also mention that this plane wasn't a Boeing, it was a Bell. Though Boeing made most B29's Bell made approximately 400 of them. Hence the name Bell Ringer.
2007-08-07 10:14:30 · update #1
Gromm,
If you see this I found this information.
58w468g794s 58th wing, 468th group, 794 squad........i think
the numbers are right, i am not sure if that is what the letter actually mean though
2007-08-07 13:28:13 · update #2
Final Edit:
Following Y! deletion of original answer + additions (? exceeded max message length?) ...
Belle Ringer nose art:
http://news.webshots.com/photo/1068892679040631454BFQsoo
468th BG squadrons: 792, 793, 794, 795 Bombardment.
468th BG bases:
Smoky Hill AAFld, KS 1 Aug 1943-12 Mar 1944
Kharagpur, India 13 Apr 1944-24 Feb 1945
West Field, Tinian 6 Apr-15 Nov 1945
Ft Worth AAFld, TX 1 Dec 1945
Roswell AAFld, NM 12 Jan-31 Mar 1946
Best website for research help is armyairforces.com
http://www.armyairforces.com/help.asp
468th BG forum:
http://www.armyairforces.com/forum/tt.asp?forumid=126
Possibly helpful contact:
Join (free) Webshots.
http://www.webshots.com/
Then contact "kickstand_hd" through this album link:
http://news.webshots.com/album/68892398hqHwui?track_pagetag=/page/photo/news/military&track_action=/ViewActions/FullAlbum#
Julierose, if you don't understand any of that, or want me to dig some more, contact me via YA Email (see my YA profile).
2007-08-07 13:22:06 · answer #1 · answered by Gromm's Ghost 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Look here for some historical documents
http://www.scripophily.net/beaicobaiprg.html
http://www.cherry.gatech.edu/mod/pubs/Lockheed.doc
http://ksuweb.kennesaw.edu/archives/html/Bell_Aircraft/interview_name_index.htm
2007-08-07 10:58:10 · answer #2 · answered by Jerry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gromm, that's a phenomenal answer!
2007-08-07 17:11:13 · answer #3 · answered by sinterion 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/boeing_b29_superfortess.htm
http://www.boeing.com/history/boeing/b29.html
http://www.nps.gov/archive/amme/wwii_museum/air_offensive/b29_operations.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-29_Superfortress
2007-08-07 10:06:28 · answer #4 · answered by John L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋