316TH BOMBARDMENT WING, VERY HEAVY


1945

Material from the scrapbook of Staff Sergeant Ted H. Wanke, Armament Technician, Okinawa Aug.1945 to 1946. In 1945 and 1946 the Wing consisted of B-29 Superfortresses in the following Groups.

Group
22d Bombardment: 31 May 1946 - 31 May 1948
333d Bombardment: 31 August 1945 - 28 May 1946
346th Bombardment: 31 July 1945 - 30 June 1946
382d Bombardment: 31 August 1945 - 4 January 1946
383d Bombardment: 31 August 1945 - 3 January 1946

The scrapbook contains quite a few unique and seldom seen items, 1945 Thanksgiving and Xmas menus, Special Services show programs, dated Japanese currency gotten in trade with the Okinawans, signed and dated "B" yen military currency, a CBI (China, Burma, India) Blood Chit, Okinawa Surrender Leaflets, and some battlefield pickups.