73rd Bomb Wing Movies & Photographs

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58th Bomb Wing West Field - Tinian	313th Bomb Wing North Field - Tinian	315th Bomb Wing Northwest Field - Guam

73rd Bomb Wing Isley Field - Saipan	314th Bomb Wing North Field - Guam	Miscellaneous

73rd Bomb Wing (Isley Field - Saipan)

497th BOMB GROUP		499th BOMB GROUP
	General Shots of 497th Area 5.1 MB A Sq's 1, 7, 5 & 3 A Sq 2 in Flight 4.5MB A Sq 4 Landing 1.9MB A-Sq's on Hardstands - A Sq 4 in distance A Sq 5 Landing 2.7MB A Sq 5 "Waddy's Wagon" A Sq 5 "Waddy's Wagon" A Sq 5 "Waddy's Wagon" Sgt L. L. Lee and "Damit" A Sq 6 in Flight 3.1MB A Sq 8 A Sq 23 Landing A Sq 23 Stationary A Sqs 23, 43, 55, & 32 2.8MB A Sq's 26, 28, & 22 on Hardstands A Sq 32, Wreckage in Foreground A Sq 41, Starting A Sq 44 "Ponderous Peg" A Sq 44 "Ponderous Peg" A Sq 45, through nose of a B-29 A Sqs 47 & 44 (Left & Right of Prop) A Sq 47 3.1MB A Sq 48 Taking Off A Sq's 48 & 49 in Line A Sq 52 "Irish Lassie" Accident 12MB A Sq 53 Landing 2 MB A-Sq's on Hardstands A Sq ?? "3425" on Tail "Lucky Lynn" A Square Nose Art Being Applied (Contact me if you can identify the above listed plane!) "Shady Lady" "Special Delivery" "Special Delivery"		V Sq 1 (T Sq's 30, 23, & 28 in background) V Sq 23 in Flight V Sq 24 Taxiing V Sqs 30, 4, 24 & 28 V Sq 45 (foreground), 25, 28, & 24 V Sqs 46 & 45 in Line V Sq 50 in Flight 2.7 MB V Sq 52 Taking Off 3.2MB Z Sq 8, V Sqs 21, 30, 4, 24, 28, & Z Sq 4

498th BOMB GROUP		500th BOMB GROUP
	T Sqs 1 & 33 Landing 3.1MB T Sq's 2, 5 & 7 Taxiing T Sq 3 on Hardstand T- 5 in Flight T Sq 5 Maintenance 2.2MB T Sq 7 T Sq 7 In Flight w/ Fighter Escorts T Sq 7 In Flight T Sq 10 Taxiing w/ Engine Trouble 3.8MB T Sq 12 "Tokyo Rose" and crew T Sq 22 Landing 3MB T Sq 22 A Sq 42 in background T Sq's 23, 24, & 25 on Hardstands T Sq 23 or 28? Landing T Sq's 24 & 26 on Hardstands T Sq's 24 & 26 on Hardstands Rescued Crew of T Sq 28 Lifeboat T Sq 31 Landing 3MB T Sqs 36, 45, 51, & 7 3.6MB T Sq 41 Landing T Sq 42 T Sq 44 T Sq 45 in Flight T Sq 45, 2, & 23 In Flight T Sq 46 Landing T Sq 47 Taking Off 2MB T Sqs 52 & 54 Landing 2.4MB		Z-3 Z Sq 3 Landing 2MB Z Sq 8 Taxiing Z-10 "Punchin Judy" Z Sq 21 Landing 2MB Z Sq 23 - Maintenance 2.4MB Z-27 Z Sq 29 Landing 1.9MB Z Sq 42 Landing, Maintenance, Taxiing 14.3MB Z Sq 47 Taxiing 3.4MB Z Sq 8, V Sqs 21, 30, 4, 24, 28, & Z Sq 4

MISCELLANEOUS
	73rd BW Nose Art 6.4MB Aerial of Isley Field 4.1MB Isley Field Isley Field

This website is dedicated to my father

Samuel G. Athey, Jr.

Right-gunner, 314th BW, 39th BG,
62nd Sqd, Crew 52.

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