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The Story of the 73rd                                             210 Pages          1946

The Unofficial History of the 73rd Bomb Wing

73rd Wing organizations included the four tactical groups—the 497th, the 498th, the 499th and the 500th Bombardment Groups. Also there were the four Air Service Groups—the 65th, 91st, 303rd and 330th (maintenance and engineering specialists).

880th and 887th Chemical Companies (Air Operations) that handled our incendiary bombs.

The 323rd Signal Company Wing (communications)

558th AAF Band

237th Army Postal Unit

 

Contents:

Part I   Before Combat

     Salina, Kansas

     Colorado Springs

     Overseas

Part II   Combat

     Mission Calendar

     Combat Training Missions

     Trouble From the Neighbors

     High Altitude Missions

     First Fire Blitz

     B-29’s Are Tying Japan in a Knot

     Kyushu Missions

     We Burn the Big Japanese Cities

     Yokohama May 29th

     Kobe June 5th

     And the Little Ones

     Osaka-Amagaski
     Hamamatsu
     Fukuoka
     Sasebo
     Kumamoto
     Kochi
     Akashi
     Sakai
     Ichinomiya (twice)
     Oita
     Hitachi
     Matsuyama
     Toyama
     Nishinomiya-Mikage
     Yawata
     Isezaki

     Iwo Jima

     Its Over

Part III   After Combat

     Entertainment on Saipan

     Kanaka Dancers

     Mercy Missions

A Prisoner Of War Remembers
By Colonel Richard T. King, Jr.

Home

L’Envoi

Saipan

Noses (B-29 Nose Art)

Decorations And Awards

What Others Think of Us

The Service Center

Planes

73rd Bombardment Wing Command & Staff Personnel
As Of 1 Aug. 1945

73rd Bombardment Wing Organization Chart

Where We Lived

Random Shots