"None of us ever thought of ourselves as any type of bigshots or heros. We were basicly scared young men with a sense of duty. Every able bodied young man in the United States was contributing in some way or another. We just happened to be doing our duty in a B-29. We did sing America the Beautiful on the ride out to the aircraft before every mission, and we did not leave the ground with out a penny in our shoe. Now, I'm happy that I got to know the group photographer and he was nice enough to insist that I take some of these pictures at the end of the war. I hope people enjoy them and will use them as they wish."
We would like to recognize the entire crew of The City of Nashville. They
are as follows:
Aircraft Commander - Jack Randolph
Pilot - William "Bill" Gold
Navigator - Lawrence "Larry" Materi
Radio Operator - Ray Hodges
Bombardier - Jimmie Ames
Engineer - Joe Lane
Central Fire Control Gunner - Phil Long
Right Gunner - Wallie Simich
Left Gunner - Jim Severa
Radar Operator - Jack Barnett
Tail Gunner - Barney Sleyden
(click on the image for a new page witha full size image
and descriptions)
314th Bomb Wing, 19th Bomb Group
314th Bomb Wing, 29th Bomb Group
314th Bomb Wing, 39th Bomb Group
Various Misc. Subjects
All images on these pages were original photographs sent in by Mr. Keith Materi, who is Mr. Lawrence Materi's son, and scanned by WEB-BIRDS. Feel free to use them in any personal way, and be sure to comment on them!