Read the bio below and try to give details on francis w. nye 's:    - branch     - allegiance       - birth date     - serviceyears     - name     - image size     - image     - birth place     - rank     Bio: francis walter nye -lrb- born june 29 , 1918 -rrb- was a united states air force major general who was a b-24 liberator and b-29 superfortress combat pilot . he was commander , field command , defense atomic support agency , sandia base , n.m. nye graduated from barton academy -lrb- vermont -rrb- -lrb- 1936 -rrb- and the university of vermont -lrb- bsc , 1941 -rrb- and , in february 1942 , completed flying training and was commissioned a second lieutenant . through april 1943 , he flew 36 missions with the 98th bombardment group from bases in palestine , egypt , and north africa . nye returned to the united states in april 1943 and , in september , entered the b-29 aircraft program first as an acceptance test pilot at the boeing plant in wichita , kansas . nye 's crew was formed at salina , kansas , and assigned b-29 serial # 42-6232 in april 1944 . this aircraft was named `` kickapoo ii . '' capt. nye had finished a tour of duty previously with 36 missions in a b-24 's named `` kickapoo '' in the mediterranean theater . nye was aircraft commander of an original crew that departed from salina , ks on april 4 , 1944 for kharagpur , india , and was one of the first to leave salina , and arrive at kharagpur , india , with stops in presque isle , me ; marrakech , morocco ; cairo , egypt ; and karachi , india . this crew flew several `` operational '' over-the-hump missions to pengshan -lrb- a-7 -rrb- , the forward base in china . this crew flew the first mission by b-29 's to bangkok , thailand from kharagpur , india -lrb- june 5 , 1944 -rrb- , and the first mission from pengshan , china -lrb- a-7 -rrb- to yawata , japan -lrb- june 15 , 1944 -rrb- . on june 20 , 1944 , nye was ordered to the 468th bomb group as asst. s-3 -lrb- deputy group operations officer -rrb- . in august 1944 , nye flew the longest b-29 mission -lrb- over 4,000 miles -rrb- in world war ii by any type of aircraft to palembang , sumatra from a forward base at china bay , ceylon . capt. nye flew this mission while substituting for a pilot who...
- branch is united states air force- allegiance is united states of america- birth date is 28 june 1918- serviceyears is 1941 - 1972- name is francis w. nye- image size is 250- image is maj gen francis walter nye.jpg- birth place is barton , vermont- rank is major general