Welcome to the 500th Bomb Group Memorial Association web site
The 500th Bomb Group, a unit of the 73rd Bomb Wing, flying B-29 Aircraft, flew 79
major combat missions over Japan during World War II, over 100 single-airplane weather
strike missions, prisoner of war rescue missions, and other missions, as part of
the 20th Air Force’s strategic bombing campaign against Japan. This website honors
and preserves the record of the 500th. There are also some records from the 3rd
Photo Recon and the 18th Photo Lab Squadrons. These units were attached to the 500th.
James E. Bowman
Son of S/Sgt James E. Bowman
Tail Gunner, 882nd
Kenneth F. Fine
Son of Lt. Kenneth F Fine
Navigator, 882nd
Edwin D. Lawson
T/Sgt, CFC Gunner
882nd
Richard F. Sheil
Capt., Pilot, 94th Bomb Group
8th Air Force
Donald R.,Thurow,
Sgt., Intelligence
882nd
James R. Farrell, Aircraft Commander
Z Square 34, Frisco Nanny.
As part of the first B-29 Wing in the Pacific, the 500th Bomb Group played a pivotal role in not only the destruction of Japan – but in obviating the necessity of a land invasion,thus saving the lives of many millions of people on both sides of the conflict."
