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| Keywords: POWs (recently repatriated in the UN POW exchange) pose for a group photograph with their flight nurses at Tachikawa... - NARA - 542272.tif Scope and content POWs recently repatriated in the UN POW exchange pose for a group photograph with their flight nurses at Tachikawa Air Base Japan They are proudly displaying the American flag which was hand made by them during their long imprisonment at a Communist POW camp Officer shown kneeling in front of the group is identified as Maj David F Macghee 137 El Central St Moorestown N J Maj Macghee a B-29 pilot of the 371st Bomb Sqd was captured on 10 November 1950 after his plane was shot down by flak and MIGs His B-29 was the first B-29 to be shot down in the Korean conflict General notes 542272 Local identifier 342-AF-84343AC Department of Defense Department of the Air Force 09/26/1947 - Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 1953-09-05 Record group Record Group 342 Records of U S Air Force Commands Activities and Organizations 1900 - 2003 Record group ARC 654 Black and White Photographs of U S Air Force and Predecessors' Activities Facilities and Personnel Domestic and Foreign compiled 1930 - 1975 documenting the period 1863 - 1975 Series ARC 542185 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers Agency-Assigned Identifier NASM 4A 35995<br /> NAIL Control Number NWDNS-342-AF-84343AC yes Other versions NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Prisoners of war in the Korean War | ||||