Ed Rearick 1952 at Ashiya AFB, Japan.
Ed was a radio operator and was crew
on "Bette" and provided all of the pics
on this page (and many memories).

Chitose AFB, landing gear retracts on take-off
roll for short field take-off. Metal chips were
found in canon plug shorting-out lg circuit. 

Check Pilot: Nat Jurist 
Pilot: Rob Johnson (d), Co-Pilot: C. Ellwood 
CE: Sgt. J. F. Oneal ,  RO: Sgt. R. Boyd

Ashiya Machi,  circa 1951,  before most
of the town burned.  A letter  from one
of  the  old  squadron vets  who was in
Japan  recently  described  it  as  a  very
modern city now with a highway going
past the main gate. The beach at the end
of the  runway  is now  public  and  the
place  not recognizable to us  oldsters.