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B-29

Presumably a B-29 rescue search crew. Likely in Burma. Notice the B-29 model used to show people along the way during search operations.
23rd Fighter Control Squadron barracks at Luliang, Yunnan province, China. During WWII. From the collection of David Axelrod.
B-29 "Under Exposed." Likely in Yunnan, China. From the collection of David Axelrod.
The B-29 bomber "Mary K" Aircraft in Burma near the 797th Engineer Forestry Company. During WWII.
The B-29 bomber "Mary K" Aircraft in Burma near the 797th Engineer Forestry Company. During WWII.
An exclusively African-American crew uncrates and prepares M47 A2 chemical incendiary bombs for use on on a 20th Bomber Command Boeing B-29 raid. China, during WWII.
The crew of the American B-29 bomber "City of Pittsburgh" in the CBI during WWII.
2st Lt. Stuart M. Moore, who was lost in the Yellow Sea, September 8, 1944, on a mission to Anshan, China, while on a mission aboard a B-29 bomber, #42-6234. Three other crew were killed when they bailed out prematurely into the ocean, but seven who parachuted out over land were rescued and taken care of for a time by...
1st Lt Billy Y. McCrary, sevice number 0-674696, who was lost in the Yellow Sea, September 8, 1944, on a mission to Anshan, China, while on a mission aboard a B-29 bomber, #42-6234. Three other crew were killed when they bailed out prematurely into the ocean, but seven who parachuted out over land were rescued and taken care of for...
Corporal Edmond F. Anzalone, 30, a flying photographer, was killed in action January 7, 1945, while taking off for an photo recon mission in a B-29 from Dushkundi base in India. Shortly after take off the airplane crashed and burned. No parachutes were seen and all aboard where killed. Cpl. Anzalone operated a hair-dressing shop in Ardmore, PA, before he...