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| Date: | Saturday 14 October 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29-30-BW Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-24513 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Changde, Hunan Province -
 China
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Boeing B-29 #42-24513, nicknamed Sweat'er Out, crashed after the crew bailed out while returning from a mission to attack Japanese-occupied Taiwan. All 11 crew members were rescued.
Sources:
Li, X. 2015. B-29 in China. Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China: Sichuan People's Publishing House. (in Chinese)
https://user.xmission.com/~tmathews/b29/56years/56years-4410.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 31-Jan-2025 05:44 | RDV | Added |
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