Accident Boeing B-29 Superfortress 42-63419, Saturday 11 November 1944
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Date:Saturday 11 November 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic B29 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Owner/operator:USAAF
Registration: 42-63419
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 11
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Wanyuan County-Level City, Dazhou, Sichuan Province -   China
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Boeing B-29 #42-63419 crashed. [MACR 9684]
Records about this accident are inconsistent with each other.
Liu (2015) substantiated the date of the crash with Chinese documents. According to Liu (2015), five of the 11 crew members had perished.

Sources:

Li, X. 2015. B-29 in China. Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China: Sichuan People's Publishing House. (in Chinese)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108405762/charles-b-brennan
https://user.xmission.com/~tmathews/b29/56years/56years-4408.html

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