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"City Of Virginia Beach"
"Piece O' Meanness"
 B-29 # 42-65366

Courtesy of David W. Felix, son of S/Sgt David Felix

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Left to Right:
T/Sgt Patrick L. Shea CFC Gunner
S/Sgt David Felix  Left Gunner
F/O Malcolm W. Farnum  Flight Engineer
S/Sgt John L. Millette Right Gunner
S/Sgt Emerson L. Sollom Radio Operator
Sgt Lynn J. Mc Clure, Jr. Tail Gunner
1st Lt Ernest T. Rogers Bombardier
1st Lt Jonas Rosenfeld* Replacement Navigator
1st Lt Graham E. Elvgren Pilot
F/O Edward Kammer Radar Observer
Major Charles B. Miller Airplane Commander
Not pictured:
Capt Chester W. Taylor Navigator
Thanks to Emerson Sollom for matching the remaining names to the faces

Click on the crew's name above to learn more about them

 Crew 28
Honor Roll 
1st Lt Ernest T. Rogers
Bombardier
 5 October 1945
S/Sgt David Felix
Left Gunner
6 February 1970
F/O Malcolm Farnum
Flight Enginner
January 1983
F/O Edward Kammer
Radar Observer
27 April 1983
S/Sgt John L. Millette
Right Gunner
07 June 2001
1st Lt Graham E. Elvgren
Pilot
 14 December 2002
S/Sgt Emerson L. Sollom
Radio Operator
18 September 2009
Capt Chester W. Taylor
Navigator/Squadron Navigator
17 December 2013
Major Charles B. Miller
Airplane Commander
29 August 2018

* 1st Lt. Jonas Rosenfeld replaced Taylor as Navigator on Crew 28, When Taylor moved up to Squadron Navigator.

Updates:

29 January 2019: Added Major Charles B. Miller, Airplane Commander to Crew Honor Roll and Final Flight Honor Roll. Miller was our Crew contact for Crew 28. The status of Rosenfeld, Shea and McClure are unknown at this time.

25 January 2014: Added Capt Taylor, Navigator, to Crew Honor Roll and Final Flight Honor Roll

15 August 2013: Added Profile page for Edward Kammer, Radar Observer to Crew 28's section

14 August 2013: Added names of to the photo of Crew 28 "City of Virginia Beach" photo located on the Crew History Page thanks to Charles B. Miller, AC, P-28 for identifying the members of the crew.

15 March 2012: Added Emerson Sollom, Radio Op to Crew Honor Roll.

28 October 2007: Added photo of B-29 #42-65366 to Crew History Page.


Anyone with additional information about this crews please email: updates@39th.org

61st Squadron Crew Index
Source: "History of the 39th Bomb Group"; Millette's son; Graham Elvgren, Pilot; David W. Felix, son, Emerson Sollom