ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98406
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 498th BGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-6245 |
| MSN: | 3379 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wichita Municipal airport, Wichita, Kansas -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Great Bend AAF, Kansas |
| Wichita Municipal airport, Wichita, Kansas |
Boeing B-29-1-BW Superfortress 42-6245: Delivered to USAAF 1 March 1944. Assigned to 498th Bomb Group, Great Bend AAF, Kansas
Crash landed 7 June 1944 due to engine failure and fire at Wichita Municipal Airport, Wichita, Kansas.No crew fatalities or injuries reported. Condemned after survey at Wichita Municipal Air Port by a Boeing survey team, June 8, 1944, and authorised to be reduced to scrap and components
Sources:
1. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbahb.asp?HB=af&offset=9500
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2017 16:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Dec-2018 17:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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