B29 Superfortress Right Blister Scanner, serial #44-62076 "Hogan's Goat" 343rd Bomb Squardron, 98th Bombardment Group (VH), 92nd Bomb Wing, 15th Air Force, Strategic Air Command.

"While searching for the downed B-29 crew of Kenneth Jones from the 23rd Reconnaissance Squadron, our B-29 aircraft "Hogan's Goat" started to develop electrical problems. First we had problems with the radar and then the navigation equipment went haywire. Our radioman couldn't contact anyone. We soon realized we were lost somewhere over the Pacific Ocean and almost out of fuel because we had been flying for well over 20 hours. We needed to prepare for ditching at sea. While we were preparing for ditching, the navigator called on the intercom and reported he saw a small atoll (Fais Island) up ahead. This was a miracle since we hadn't seen any land since leaving Guam. That day in November 1948, God was definitely our co-pilot."

Harlyn G Turner