Airplane Command Pilot, Boeing B-29-15-BA Superfortress serial #42-63413 nicknamed "Dixie Darling" tail code A-SQ-45 assigned to the 871st Bomber Squadron, 497th Bombardment Group (VH), 73rd Bomb Wing, XXI Bomber Command, 20th Air Force, USAAF stationed at Isely Field on Saipan in the Mariana Islands; Pacific Theatre of Operations.