ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98410
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| Date: | Thursday 15 June 1944 |
| Time: | 14:50 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 468th BGp /794th BSqn USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-6231 |
| MSN: | 3366 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 11 miles North East of Kiangyu -
 China
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | AAF Base A-7, Pengshan, China |
| AAF Base A-7 |
Martin-Omaha B-29-1-MO Superfortress 42-4231: Fourth of the five pre-production aircraft Built under licence by Glenn L. Martin Company, Omaha, Nebraska. Delivered to the USAAF 26 January 1944. Departed Smoky Hill AAF, Kansas for the CBI (China-Burma-India Theater of Operations) on 10 April 1944. Assigned to 794th Bomb Squadron, 468th Bomb Group, Kharagpur, India 29 Apr 1944.
Destroyed when hit mountain eleven miles north-east of Kiangyu, China 15 June, 1944. (MACR 6599). The aircraft was returning to Pengshan [USAAF Base A-7], China after a mission to bomb Yawata, Japan. The aircraft crashed eleven miles northeast of Kiangyu, China when it flew into the side of a sheer cliff and exploded. All 11 crew on board were killed. Crew of 42-6231 were:
Maj. Kenneth L. Akins – Airplane Commander – KIA
2nd Lt. Floyd E. Lund – Co-Pilot – KIA
2nd Lt. Salvador Munoz, Jr. – Bomb Aimer - KIA
1st Lt. Paul R. Ash – Navigator - KIA
2nd Lt. Timothy J. Barrett – Flight Engineer - KIA
Sgt. Norvel G. Robertson – Radio Operator - KIA
Sgt. Arnold H. Mann – Radar Operator - KIA
Sgt. Homer B. Pack, Jr. – Senior Gunner - KIA
Sgt. Sidney Gilman – Right Gunner - KIA
Sgt. Mell Witcher- Left Gunner - KIA
S/Sgt. William H. Sorenson – Tail Gunner - KIA
Sources:
1. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp .
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1.html
3. https://user.xmission.com/~tmathews/b29/56years/56years-4406.html
4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/264559
5. http://www.468thbombgroup.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=cbOolbq0uXU%3D&tabid=106&mid=562
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2017 19:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jun-2017 19:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2020 15:48 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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