Keywords: COMBAT CARGO, JAPAN-Clasping his wife tightly in his arms, aboard a Combat Cargo C-124 "Globemaster" just after it... - NARA - 542286.tif Scope and content COMBAT CARGO JAPAN--Clasping his wife tightly in his arms aboard a Combat Cargo C-124 Globemaster just after it landed near Tokyo Capt Zach W Dean of El Dorado Kan the third U S Air Force repatriate returned by the Communists finishes the first leg of his long trip back from a Red prison camp Captain Dean a former F-51 Mustang pilot with the 35th Fighter-Interceptor Wing was shot down on April 22 1951 and captured He was flown to Japan aboard a 374th Troop Carrier Wing transport plane Monday April 27 1953 where his wife A Red Cross worker in Tokyo for the past two years was waiting to meet him With Captain Dean on the huge plane were 16 other repatriates six of whom were litter cases and 10 ambulatory patients General notes 542286 Local identifier 342-AF-87324AC 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 ca 04/1953 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 36045<br /> NAIL Control Number NWDNS-342-AF-87324AC yes Other versions NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Douglas C-124 Globemaster II 374th Airlift Wing United States Air Force 35th Fighter Wing United States Air Force |