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Date: | Friday 23 June 1950 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
Owner/operator: | 28th BSqn /19th BGp USAF |
Registration: | 44-84014 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 11 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 140 miles SSE of Guam -
Pacific Ocean
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan |
Destination airport: | Andersen AFB, Guam (UAN/PGUA) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:44-84014: Bell-Atlanta B-29-55-BA Superfortress. Built under licence by Bell Aircraft Company, Marietta, Atlanta, Georgia. Delivered to the USAAF 30 June 1945. Assigned to 498th Bomb Group. Assigned to 28th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group,
Written off June 23, 1950 when ditched into the Pacific Ocean, 140 miles South-South-East off Andersen AB, Guam. Three of the eleven crew killed.
Sources:
1. El Litoral 24 June 1950, p 1
2.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/1950s/1950Jun.htm 3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_6.htm]l
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1950/archives/crash-of-a-boeing-b-29-55-ba-superfortress-into-the-pacific-ocean-3-killed/]
5.
http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/airplane_crashes/airplane_accidents.pdf 6.
http://ww35.usafunithistory.com/PDF/20-29/28%20BOMB%20SQ.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Dec-2009 12:08 |
harro |
Added |
17-Jan-2015 19:28 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Source] |
13-Jun-2017 01:37 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
21-Jun-2017 19:42 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source] |
15-Apr-2020 15:23 |
Reno Raines |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
06-Jun-2022 09:17 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location, Country] |