ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 86211
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 January 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29A Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 370th BSqn /307th BWg USAF |
| Registration: | 44-27262 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 14 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Tom-ni, North Pyongan -
 North Korea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan |
| USAF Base K-13, South Korea | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Martin-Omaha B-29-35-MO Superfortress 44-27262: Built under licence by Glenn L. Martin Company, Omaha, Nebraska. Assigned to 19th Bomb Group, Andersen AFB, Guam. Re-Assigned to 370th Bomb Squadron, 307th Bomb Wing, Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan.
On 27 January 1953 while En route, the heavy bomber was attacked by Major Anatoly Karelin, pilot of a Soviet AF MiG-15 fighter of the 351 IAP, VVS. The B-29 came down near Tom-ni, North Pyongan (some sources state "three miles north of USAAF Base K-13, Suwon, South Korea"). Ten crew members were able to bail out before the aircraft crashed. A crew member was rescued while three others were killed in the crash. Those killed were:
M/Sgt Cleo A. Brown, KIA
1st Lt Edward R. Francis, KIA
1st Lt Ralph I. Phy. KIA
Sharpe, Lt. Ernest W. Jr. - rescued
Cause: Shot down by the pilot of a Soviet AF MiG-15 fighter.
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_1.html
2. http://www.baaa-acro.com/1953/crash-of-a-boeing-b-29a-35-mo-superfortress-in-tom-ni-3-killed
3, http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/b29s/p_b29s_losses_damage.htm
4. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbaloc.asp?offset=9025
5. http://web.archive.org/web/20081120150406/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Bailouts/bailout_1953.htm ..
6. http://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/Documents/KoreaAccounting/korwald_all.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2012 14:45 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2017 20:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2017 20:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2017 20:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2020 10:04 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Operator] |
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