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| Date: | Saturday 10 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29A Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | USAAF 881st BS 500th BG |
| Registration: | 42-93876 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Ditched Pacific Ocean off Tokyo -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Isley Field No.1, Saipan |
| Ota, Japan |
US Army Air Forces 881st Bombardment Squadron 500th Bombardment Group Very Heavy 20th Air Force Boeing B-29A-10-BN Superfortress 42-93876 Tail Code Z-Square-13. It was one of 120 aircraft launched in a multi-wing group formation to bombard the Nakajima Aircraft Assembly Plant at Ota on the northwest side of Tokyo, Japan. While over the target area, the group was attacked by a band of Nakajima Ki-44 single-engine 'Tojo' fighter planes. [MACR 12058] The B-29 42-93876 aircraft suffered damage to the right wing and the No.3 engine trailed heavy smoke. This aircraft was last sighted by the aircrew of A-Square-43 of the 497th BG at a location about 80 miles east of Tokyo.
Sources:
https://hotvetsmem.com/ww2cas/ww2comanche/hotww2hrbiocomanche.html#TKM
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2024 05:53 | drayjones | Added |
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