Wallace P B Ringham

The 877th Bomb Squadron was assigned tail code IDs: V-Square-1 thru V-Square-20. There were actually three B-29 aircraft assigned the V-SQ-11 tail code: #1). 42-63483 ditched 24 April 1945; Antonucci aircrew. #2). 44-69655 shot down 26 June 1945; Newell aircrew. #3). 44-87652 lost/shot down 20 July 1945; Ringham aircrew.

2nd Lt. Harold Brown was a radar operator on the Ringham crew on Mission #278 over Hitachi. Lt Brown was my wife's father. She was born three months after the crew went missing. My late mother-in-law had a completer crew listing which we will attempt to locate. Are there any photos of the crew together or anything similar?

Michael, please accept my sincere gratitude for your father's (Lt. A. L. Smith, Jr.) service during WWII. The "facts" in my entry primarily came from the MACR #14785. But according to Bob Mann's book "The B-29 Superfortress"; the B-29 #44-87652 did not have a nickname, and was shot down over Hitachi, Japan.

Thank you. My father Albert L Smith, Jr was the bombadier on Captain Ringham's plane. It was my father's first and only mission. I am just now learning more about the plane, the mission, Saipan, and, of course, the crew. I am hoping to see some pictures and learn more about the above. I find it interesting that Captain Ringham's listed occupation is acting. My father was also an actor with a likely day-job interest in ranching (in what is now suburban Los Angeles). Did the plane have a nickname? Again, Thank you for making this entry.