 In August 1944, Nye flew the longest B-29 mission (over 4,000 miles) in World War II by any type of aircraft to Palembang, Sumatra, from a forward base at China Bay, Ceylon.Nye flew this mission while substituting for a pilot who had become ill. Nye flew 11 combat missions with the 468th Bombardment Group in the China-Burma-India Theater.In May 1945, he went with the 468 BG to Tinian Island and then to Roswell, New Mexico.