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| Date: | Tuesday 21 November 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-65204 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ankang, Shaanxi Province? -
 China
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
There was great confusion about three B-29 bombers which were lost in in Chinese territory in Nov. 1944.
#42-6290, nicknamed Wempy’s Blitzburger
#42-6321, nicknamed This Is IT
#42-65204
Li (2015): 42-6321 crashed on 1944-11-11 while returning from a mission to bomb Omura, Japan. Crew 4 KIA, 7 rescued.
1944-11-21, 42-6290 and 42-65204 collided at Ankang, China; one crew member aboard 42-65204 died.
Joebaugher's account differed vastly.
No fatality is known on board 42-6290.
42-6321's memorial indicated that five instead of four crew members perished in its crash.
George R. Jackson was a likely fatality on board 42-65204.
The accident entry here is an informed reconciliation of these paradoxical records.
Sources:
Li, X. 2015. B-29 in China. Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China: Sichuan People's Publishing House. (in Chinese)
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=66269
https://soh.alumni.clemson.edu/scroll/rufus-earl-sadler-henry
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96512882/george_r_jackson
https://user.xmission.com/~tmathews/b29/56years/56years-4411.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jan-2025 14:06 | RDV | Added |
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