ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98476
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 February 1945 |
| Time: | 16:51 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 768th BSqn /462nd BGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-24506 |
| MSN: | 4167 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Piardoba, 6.6 miles, S of Bishnupur, Bankura District, West Bengal -
 India
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Piaradoba, Bishnupur, West Bengal, India |
Boeing B-29-30-BW Superfortress 42-24506: Delivered to the USAAF 5 June 1944. Departed Omaha Mod Center 1 on July 12 1944. Assigned to the CBI (China Burma India Theater of Operations). Departed US for India July 17 1944. Arrived July 30 1944, and assigned to the 768th Bomb Squadron, 462nd Bomb Group, 58th Bomb Wing, named "Untouchable".
On January 6, 1945. 42-24506 was part of "Mission 24". It was one of twenty eight of forty nine 58th BW B-29's dispatched from Chengtu, China, to attack an aircraft factory and urban areas at Omura with 91 tons of bombs.
Thirteen B-29s bombed a secondary target at Nanking, China while 6 - including 42-24506 - attacked targets of opportunity; 42-24506 attacked targets in Bangkok. B-29s claimed 4-6-10 Japanese aircraft destroyed in combat. One B-29 was lost. This is the last mission against targets in Japan by the XX BC.
42-24506 was also involed in "Mission 25" on January 9, 1945. Thirty-nine of forty six 58th BW B-29's dispatched from Chengtu attacked port facilities at Kiirun with 293 tons of bombs; this raid is the first of several such combined USN-USAAF operations against Formosa (now Taiwan) in conjuction with the US invasion of Luzon, Philippines.
Written off (destroyed) 20 February 1945 when crashed on takeoff on routine engineering test flight due to engine fire. One man killed. The sole fatality may have been 1st Lt John H. McCollum, the airplane commander. The B-29 came down at Piardoba, 6.6 miles, S of Bishnupur, Bankura District, West Bengal
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1.html
2. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbaloc.asp?Loc=ar&offset=6625
3. https://user.xmission.com/~tmathews/b29/56years/56years-4501a.html
4. https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/usa/aircrafts-2-3/b-29/b-29-462nd-formation-over-india-in-the-fall-of-1944-42-24506/_ .
5. https://www.fold3.com/image/?rec=287910007 .
6. http://www.462ndbombgroup.org/Portals/0/Documents/462nd-Plane-list-master.pdf
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jul-2017 23:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2017 23:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2017 23:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Mar-2020 19:30 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 01-May-2022 14:04 | shootski | Updated [Photo] |
| 01-May-2022 16:51 | shootski | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Photo] |
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