Date:	Tuesday 1 March 1949
Time:
Type:	Boeing TB-29N Superfortress
Owner/operator:	43rd ARSqn /43rd BGp USAF
Registration:	45-21705
MSN:	13599
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Baler Bay, 58 miles from Clark AFB, Angeles City, Luzon Island -   Philippines
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Clark AFB, Pampanga, Philippines (CRK/RPLC)
Destination airport:	Clark AFB, Philippines (CRK/RPLC)

Narrative:
Boeing B-29-90-BW Superfortress 45-21705: Assigned to 97th Bomb Group, Biggs AFB, Texas. Modified to KB-29M at Boeing, Wichita, Kansas. Assigned to 43rd Air Refuelling Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.

Written off (destroyed) March 1, 1949: Crashed 58 miles from Clark AFB, while returning to Clark after refuelling the B-50 "Lucky Lady II" (#46-010) on its round-the-world flight. On the return trip, the crew encountered poor weather conditions when control was lost. The TB-29M is believed to have crashed into the area of Baler Bay, Luzon Island, Philippines (at approximate Coordinates: 15°51′16.92″N 121°35′51.86″E). All nine crew on board the B-29 were killed. Reportedly, the accident report was altered to state that it was a TB-29 on a routine training mission, to keep the accident from casting a bad light on the record flight of the B-50. According to a contemporary newspaper report ("Tucson Daily Citizen" from Tucson, Arizona March 3, 1949 Page 1, see link #7)

"The nonstop world-girdling flight of a Tucson-based B-50 bomber may have cost nine lives as one of the B-29 tankers helping In the operation is long overdue. The Search continued Thursday over the Philippine Islands for a B-29, from Davis-Monthan air force base here that carried a crew of eight 'men and one passenger.

The B-29 was one of the tanker planes which refuelled "Lucky Lady" during: the flight around the world In 94 hours and one minute, after takeoff. Aboard the missing plane were:

Captain William W. Taylor, 3109, E. 25th St.
Captain William G. Fuller, 3020 E. 18th St.
1st Lt. William S. Roegels, 243 E. President. St.
1st Lt Edwin W. Ryan. 3701 E. 3rd St
1st Lt. Robert C. McCormlck, 2949 N. Maple Blvd.
Staff Sgt. Arthur W. Stear, 1918 S. Norris. Ave.
Staff Sgt. Andrew. J. Brooks, 2818 N, Country Club Rd., and
Sgt Fred L. Shepherd, 10 W. 26th St.

An Air Force P-51 fighter plane, the Associated Press reported, crashed Wednesday while searching for the missing plane over the Philippines, but the pilot parachuted to safety. Philippine.headquarters for the air force at Clark Field announced that search for the Davis-Monthan plane has shifted to the Baler bay region on the northeast shore of Luzon. First search was concentrated' in the vicinity of rugged, unexplored mountains of north-western Luzon."

NOTE: One source (see link #6) state the the B-29 crashed "12 Miles East of Locbar, Philippines".

1. El Tiempo 6 March 1949, page 8
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1945.html
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1949/archives/crash-of-a-boeing-b-29-90-bw-superfortress-near-clark-afb-9-killed/]
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Lady_II#1949:_First_circumnavigation_of_the_world
5. https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/26-february-2-march-1946/
6. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?offset=62875
7. Tucson Daily Citizen from Tucson, Arizona March 3, 1949 Page 1 at https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/15983733/ .
8. https://it.billiongraves.com/grave/WILLIAM-S-ROEGELS/17401045#/
9. "The Bakersfield Californian" March 3, 1949 page 1 at https://newspaperarchive.com/bakersfield-californian-mar-03-1949-p-1/ .

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
26-Apr-2014 19:21	TB	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
26-Apr-2014 19:30	TB	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative]
26-Apr-2014 19:32	TB	Updated [Narrative]
23-Jun-2017 20:03	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
23-Jun-2017 20:20	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
23-Jun-2017 20:28	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
23-Jun-2017 20:33	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]
25-Jun-2017 22:09	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
15-May-2020 08:42	MIG21	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]