Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - boka raNye rakaumbwa paSalina, Kansas, uye rakagoverwa B-29 serial # 42-6232 muna April 1944. Iyi ndege yakatumidzwa kuti "Kickapoo II". Kaputeni Nye akanga apedza rwendo rwomubasa kare namamishinari 36 muB-24 ainzi "Kickapoo" muMediterranean Theater of Operations. Nye aiva Aircraft Commander yechikwata chepakutanga chakabva kuSalina musi waApril 4, 1944, kuenda kuKharagpur, India, uye aiva mumwe wokutanga kubva kuSalina, uye kusvika kuKharagpur, nekumira muPresque Isle, Maine; Marrakech, Morocco; Cairo, Egypt; uye Karachi, India. Iri boka rakabhururuka mishoni dzinoverengeka "dzinoshanda" dzakapfuura-hump kuPengshan A-7, hwaro hwepamberi muChina. Iri boka rakabhururuka basa rokutanga neB-29 kuenda kuBangkok, Thailand kubva kuKharagpur (June 5, 1944), uye basa rokutanga kubva kuPengshan A-7 kuenda kuYawata, Japan
musi waJune 15, 1944.