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| Keywords: Linden Owings Bricker.jpg en Lieutenant Colonel Linden Owings Bricker retired was a B-29 captain with over 457 combat flight hours 41 total combat missions 31 Word War II and 10 Korean War and the recipient of the Honorary United States Navy Submariners Combat Badge in addition to two Distinguished Flying Crosses a Bronze Star and Purple Heart On his first combat mission December 18 1944 after a successful strike against the Mitsubishi Aircraft Engine Factory Nagoya Japan his aircraft's fuel transfer pumps failed and he was forced to ditch Z-1 Pee Wee near Kita Iwo Jima in rough Pacific seas four crew members perished 2LT Jack O Mueller CPL Emory A Forrest CPL John C Estes and CPL William F Frank The seven survivors CPT Linden O Bricker 2LT Kenneth R Chidester 2LT Jay L Meikle 2LT Clifford B Smith SSG Richard J Grinstead SGT Edmund G Smith and CPL Stephen J Darienzo deployed two life rafts and were rescued the following day by the USS Spearfish the first rescue of B-29 crewmen by a submarine They spent the next 26 days aboard to include Christmas Day We took the day off just 60 miles from Tokyo We lay underwater and the cooks outdid themselves It was turkey dressing strawberry shortcake and all the rest Still remember the meal after these 44 years Then after the meal we had a movie 'Tarzan in New York' from the recollections of 2LT Clifford B Smith Flight Engineer Z-1 Pee Wee - 1989 2011-05-10 Julia Anna Bricker United States Army Air Forces PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard 500th Bombardment Group United States Army Air Forces 73rd Bombardment Wing | ||||
