ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 221828
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Date: | Friday 1 June 1945 |
Time: | c. 10:00 |
Type: | Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Forces |
Registration: | 42-65270 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 11 |
Other fatalities: | 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Shionomisaki, Wakayama prefecture -
Japan
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Two B-29, 42-63496 'Naughty Money' and 42-65270 'Big Poison Second Dosa', suffered midair collision over Cape Shionomisaki, Japan. One of them crashed a shore in Shionomiya village, and the other dived into the sea. Each plane had single survivor. Both bombers belonged to 58th Bombardment Wing, 444th Bombardment Group.
Sources:
http://www.powresearch.jp/jp/archive/pilot/chubu.html#194506 Images:
Monument at the crash site. Photo is taken on 14th February 2019.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Feb-2019 10:31 |
isamuel |
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