Date:	Thursday 1 March 1951
Time:
Type:	Boeing B-29A Superfortress
Owner/operator:	28th BSqn /19th BGp USAF
Registration:	44-69667
MSN:	10499
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Kogungong-dong Bridge, Yalu River, near Chongju -   North Korea
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan
Destination airport:	USAF Base K-2, Daegu, South Korea (RKTN)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Boeing B-29-55-BW Superfortress 44-69667: Delivered to the USAAF 12 December 1944. Departed CONUS (CONtinental US) 14 January 1945 for PTO (Pacific Theater of Operations), arriving 23 January 1945 at North Field AAF, Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands. Assigned to 39th Bomb Squadron, 6th Bomb Group. Named ‘Snugglebunny’. Re-Assigned to 28th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, North Field AAF, Tinian.

The aircraft completed 65 missions in the Pacific Theater of Operations during WWII, then was declared "war weary", and returned to the United States before the end of 1945. Accident 16 February 1946 taxying at North Field, Guam. Repaired and returned to service. Re-Assigned to 343rd Bomb Squadron, 98th Bomb Group, Spokane AFB, Washington.

Substantially damaged 1 March 1951 on a mission to bomb the Kogungong-dong Bridge, over the Yalu River in North Korea. Attacked by 6-9 MiG-15s while hitting the bridge at Kogungong-dong, No. 1 & 3 engines knocked out, and the B-29 had to make an emergency landing at Daegu, South Korea. According to the following published source (see link #7):

"On the first day of March 1951 eighteen B-29s of 98th Bomber Wing were sent to strike the bridge near Chongju, but due to strong winter headwind they were devoid of fighter cover over the target. Instead they did rendezvous with a formation of MiG-15bis belonging to the 28th GvIAP, which transformed ten of the bombers into flying sieves. Three of these crashed and were destroyed while trying to perform an emergency landing at Daegu"

#44-696697 completed 47 missions in Korea. Airframe deemed to be beyond economic repair, and withdrawn from service. Returned to the US, and finally reclaimed as scrap and components at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, 10 March 1954

1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_4.h]tml
2. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/1950s/1951Mar.htm
3. http://philcrowther.com/6thBG/6bgplane32.html
4. Nose art: http://b29s.koreanwar-educator.org/noseart/snugglebunny.jpg
5. http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/b29s/p_b29s_losses_damage.htm
6. http://philcrowther.com/6thBG/6bgcrewf3908B.html
7. http://web.archive.org/web/20171124052144/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1951.htm

6th Bombardment Group B-29 Formation 1945. In foreground is Snuggiebunny Boeing B-29-55-BW Superfortress 44-69667. Aircraft survived the war and flew combat missions with the 98th Bomb Group in Korean War. Scrapped at Tinker AFB, March 1954:

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-Jul-2017 01:10	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
20-Apr-2020 19:48	Reno Raines	Updated [Operator, Operator]