Z SQUARE 7, A B-29 TRUE STORY

"There's A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere!"

"How Great Thou Art!"

to the website dedicated to the memory of the Thomas Crew who flew the B-29, Superfortress, Z Square 7, 42-63486. They were assigned to the 73rd Bomb Wing, 500th Bomb Group, 881st Squadron stationed on Saipan.

Let me introduce you!

Readers will read here how the Thomas Crew and the others flying the B-29, Superfortress, bombers were a major force in bringing Japan to surrender without the ground invasion of the Japanese mainland scheduled to begin November 1, 1945 that would have had at least a million American casualties.

Be prepared for an educational and a patriotic experience.

The Crew of Z Square 7

Standing L to R: Lt Eugene M. Thomas, Jr., Pilot, Prattville/Gadsden, Al; Lt Francis X. Glacken, Co-pilot, Newton Highlands Ma/Cambridge, Ma; Lt Norman B. Bassett, Navigator, Buffalo, NY; Lt Robert G. Phillips, Bombardier, Antioch, IL; S/Sgt Sam H. Bradford, Flight Engineer, Albany, Tx.

Kneeling L to R: T/Sgt Bishop K. Mitchell, Jr, Radio Operator, Lubbock, Tx; Sgt John F. Slater, Left Gunner, Shawnee, Ok; Sgt George P. Demers, Right Gunner, Lynn, Ma; Sgt Louis A. Dorio, Tailgunner, White Plains, NY; Lt William H. Hain, Radar Operator, Pittsburgh, Pa; M/Sgt Richard C. Armstrong, Central Fire Control, San Antonio, Tx.

Sgt George P. Demers was my stepbrother as his father, Peter, married my mother, Mildred, in later years after both their spouses had passed away.

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