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Item Identifier Number
ms458_jhan_21p_26_001
Creation Date
6-14-1959
Collection
MS-458: Dayton Daily News Archive
Description
From the Dayton Daily News: "The B-29 Superfortress "Command Decision". On its side is a painting of two Walt Disney dwarfs, Dopey and Doc, making a "command decision" -- by flipping a nickel. This B29 Superfortress has been called the "World's Most Decorated Bomber." It flew 121 Korean combat missions dropped 2,500,000 pounds of bombs on enemy targets and is the only bomber ever to shoot down five Communist jet planes. It also was the U.S. Air Force's last combat B29. But this bomber has yet another and more unusual claim to fame. It has an "identical twin." Yes, there are two "Command Decisions." Both are out at Wright-Patterson Air Force base. One, rather bedraggled and beat up, lies forlornly in a dump area in a remote section of Patterson field."
Publisher Repository
Special Collections and Archives; Wright State University Libraries
Digital Publisher
Special Collections and Archives; Wright State University Libraries
Document Type
Image
Media Type
photograph
Permissions
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Keywords
Dayton Daily News; Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Ohio); ms458_jhan_21p_26_001; Military aircraft; B-29; bomber; Command Decision
