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| Date: | Sunday 20 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-6305 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Qionglai County-Level City, Chengdu, Sichuan Province -
 China
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
CRashed on Take off Mechanical Failure, at Qionglai Airbase (A-5). The airplane came to rest on its belly near the end of the runway.
Pilot: Miles B. Thomas
All crew members survived.
The Boeing B-29 was written off and scrapped on 1944-10-02.
Sources:
Li, X. 2015. B-29 in China. Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China: Sichuan People's Publishing House. (in Chinese)
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/rptAF55.asp?RecID=52110
https://aero-web.org/specs/boeing/b-29.htm
http://www.mansell.com/pow_resources/camplists/fukuoka/fuku_3_tobata/b29_raid.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Nov-2024 08:18 | RDV | Added |
| 18-Dec-2024 13:16 | RDV | Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
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