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Ground Crew
(Original Crew 9)
B-29# 44-69907
"K-Dink"
(Replacement Crew 9)
B-29# 44-61524
"City of Youngstown"
"Confecerate Solider"
"K-Dink II"
3
4
5

Ground Crew P-9
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T/Sgt Arlington Kaeding (center) Crew Chief

Names of the other 2 men unknown

Note: "K-Dink II" (shown on the nose wheel cover) came about when the men lost their first plane on its first mission. They did a super job of maintaing P-9.

Propeller
Engine
Cowling
P-9 Ground Crew at work
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60th Squadron Crew Index
Sources: "History of the 39th Bomb Group"