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| Date: | Thursday 24 January 1952 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29A-95-BW Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 344th BSqn /98th BGp USAF |
| Registration: | 45-21822 |
| MSN: | 13716 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Yokohama, 5 miles west of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Yokota AB, Fussa, Tama Area, Western Tokyo, Japan (RJTY) |
Boeing B-29A-95-BW Superfortress 45-21822: Named ‘Heavenly Laden’. Assigned to 344th Bomb Squadron, 98th Bomb Group, Spokane AFB, Washington. Deployed to Yokota AB, Japan. Damaged 9 August 1950 due to mechanical failure at Yokota AB, Japan.
Written off (destroyed) when crashed near Yokohama, 5 miles West of Yokosuka, Japan after engine fire January 29, 1952. Aircraft Exploded after engine fire; all 12 crew were able to bail out in time. crew of 45-21822 were;
Cpt Norman T. Abercrombie,
1st Lt Cecile C. Choato,
Sgt Bruce H. Gilbert,
2nd Lt James Guinane,
Cpt Raymond M. Lajeunesse,
Cpt Julian C. Meadows,
Sgt Jerry M. Murry,
M/Sgt Clarence C. Price,
Cpl Loyal Robinson,
Sgt Franklin E. Rynot,
Pfc Donald H. Thomas,
Col Delmore P. Wood.
A newspaper article reported the loss on 24 January 1952 as 13 airmen bailing out but the above report is more likely to be correct, since it came from official records.
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1945.html
2. http://www.dpaa.mil/portals/85/Documents/KoreaAccounting/korwald_all.pdf
3. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbaloc.asp?Loc=ne&offset=9875
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1952/archives/crash-of-a-boeing-b-29-95-bw-superfortress-near-yokosuka/]
5. http://www.markstyling.com/b29s_korea_4.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 January 1952 | 45-21822 | 344th BSqn /98th BGp USAF | 0 | near Yokohama, 5 miles west of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Dec-2009 11:40 | harro | Added |
| 02-Sep-2017 20:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Feb-2021 09:28 | Oezil 007 | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
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