Buuxi weedha soo socota: Shaqaalaha Nye waxaa laga sameeyay Salina, Kansas, waxaana loo qoondeeyay B-29 taxanaha # 42-6232 bishii Abriil 1944. Diyaaradaas waxaa loogu magac daray "Kickapoo II". Kabtan Nye wuxuu soo dhameeyay 36 hawlgal oo uu horay ugu soo qabtay diyaarad B-24 ah oo lagu magacaabo "Kickapoo" oo ku taala badda Mediterranean Theater of Operations. Nye wuxuu ahaa Taliyaha Diyaaradda ee shaqaalihii asalka ahaa ee ka soo baxay Salina Abriil 4, 1944, oo u socday Kharagpur, Hindiya, wuxuuna ka mid ahaa kuwii ugu horreeyay ee ka taga Salina, oo yimaada Kharagpur, oo joogsi ku leh Presque Isle, Maine; Marrakech, Morocco; Qaahira, Masar; iyo Karachi, Hindiya. Shaqaalahaan waxay dhowr duulimaad oo "hawleed" ah ka dhoofiyeen Pengshan A-7, saldhigga hore ee Shiinaha. Kooxdan ayaa duushay duulimaadkii ugu horreeyay ee B-29 ee Bangkok, Thailand laga bilaabo Kharagpur (Juun 5, 1944), iyo duulimaadkii ugu horreeyay ee Pengshan A-7 ilaa
Yawata, Japan, 15kii Juun, 1944.